Habersham County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,032 75.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,681 16.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,537 3.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,103 2.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,316 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 79 0.2%

• Under 18 10,428 21.8%
• 18–24 4,694 9.8%
• 25–44 11,660 24.4%
• 45–64 11,765 24.6%
• 65 and over 9,246 19.3%

Median household income

$66,701

90% interval $61,563–$71,839

−$13,211 vs GA · 54th of 159

Below poverty line

13.6%

90% interval 11.0%–16.2%

+0.8 pp vs GA · 109th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,620

Establishments

1,158

• Manufacturing 4,075 25.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,112 19.8%
• Education & health services 3,091 19.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,881 11.9%
• Professional & business services 1,181 7.5%
• Public administration 955 6.1%
• Construction 402 2.6%
• Financial activities 372 2.4%
• Other services 263 1.7%
• Natural resources & mining 199 1.3%
• Information 185 1.2%
• Unclassified 39 0.2%

Home ownership

72.8%

+7.1 pp vs GA · 74th of 159

Median gross rent

$974

−$419 vs GA · 55th of 159

Owner-occupied

12,197

Renter-occupied

4,556

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $65,884/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,261/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 5,978 13.3%
• Tagalog 181 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 106 0.2%
• Korean 71 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 38 0.1%
• Chinese 28 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 14 0.0%
• Vietnamese 10 0.0%

Households

16,753

Family households

11,909

71.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,678

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

791

6.6% of families

Veterans

2,234

6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.5%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

14.5%

±1.6 pp

51st of 159

With a disability

16.8%

±1.2 pp

77th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

24.6%

±1.9 pp

−10.3 pp vs GA · 45th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.5%

90% interval 16.9%–20.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

21.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8