Jury Pool Profile

Habersham County, Georgia

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 46,948
Median household income: $65,622
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,247 79.3%
Black or African American alone 1,602 3.4%
Asian alone 1,058 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 264 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,665 5.7%
Two or more races 4,105 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,315 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 10,287 21.9%
18–24 4,581 9.8%
25–44 11,523 24.5%
45–64 11,626 24.8%
65 and over 8,931 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,929
Establishments: 1,149

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,586 23.9%
Education & health services 3,106 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,891 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,843 12.3%
Professional & business services 1,142 7.6%
Public administration 961 6.4%
Construction 409 2.7%
Financial activities 378 2.5%
Other services 258 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 212 1.4%
Information 184 1.2%
Unclassified 30 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $939
Owner-occupied: 11,985
Renter-occupied: 4,063

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,280 votes cast

Republican 19,142 82.2%
Democratic 4,036 17.3%
Other / third-party 102 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,446 12.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 609 1.4%
Tagalog 225 0.5%
German 120 0.3%
Other 91 0.2%
Vietnamese 85 0.2%
Other Indo-European 55 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.1%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.1%
Korean 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,048
Family households: 11,336; 70.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,060
Single-mother households: 676
Veterans: 2,476; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,665 36.2%
Catholic 3,926 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,496 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 881 1.9%
Black Protestant 40 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.0%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 3 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)
Court seats: Clarkesville, Clayton, Homer, Toccoa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 54.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023