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Jury Pool Profile

Hall County, Georgia

Republican +43.8 (2024)
County seat
Gainesville
Judicial district
Northeastern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
226,568
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 212,705.

At a glance

Hall County is a 226,568-person venue. The county population is 63% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 29% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 57.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $86,461, $6,549 above the GA state median of $79,912; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 29.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Vietnamese. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 24.0% of covered employment, average pay $72,639/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.79%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 74% of the vote across the three.

Population
212,705
Median household income
$80,901
Unemployment
2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 7%.

Hall County has a population of 212,705, with a median age of 38.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.3%; Black residents 6.9%. Independently, 29.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $86,461; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 123,233 57.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 61,982 29.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14,179 6.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,687 2.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,641 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 84 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 899 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

  • Under 18 50,640 23.8%
  • 18–24 19,584 9.2%
  • 25–44 54,124 25.4%
  • 45–64 53,698 25.2%
  • 65 and over 34,659 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$86,461
90% interval $82,239–$90,683
+$6,549 vs GA · 21st of 159
Below poverty line
10.1%
90% interval 8.1%–12.1%
−2.7 pp vs GA · 139th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and manufacturing

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 24,791 jobs; Manufacturing, 24,681, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 24.0% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 23.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.79%, below the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.8%
−0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP
$18.0B
2.04% of state
Avg. annual pay
$66,033
Establishments
6,052

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 24,791 24.0%
  • Manufacturing 24,681 23.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 20,728 20.1%
  • Professional & business services 9,695 9.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 8,984 8.7%
  • Public administration 3,413 3.3%
  • Financial activities 2,727 2.6%
  • Other services 1,909 1.8%
  • Information 73 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
68.6%
+2.9 pp vs GA · 95th of 159
Median gross rent
$1,341
−$52 vs GA · 21st of 159
Owner-occupied
50,421
Renter-occupied
23,130

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Financial activities, $85,735/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Information, $31,256/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Hall County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.6% in 2024, 70.9% in 2020, 73.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 101,973 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.7%23.0%
202070.9%27.6%
202471.6%27.8%
  • Republican 72,991 71.6%
  • Democratic 28,347 27.8%
  • Other / third-party 635 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 29.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

29.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (9,378 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

70.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 51,328 25.7%
  • Vietnamese 1,065 0.5%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 942 0.5%
  • Korean 871 0.4%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 566 0.3%
  • Chinese 520 0.3%
  • Tagalog 371 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 230 0.1%
  • Arabic 132 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
73,551
Family households
54,308
73.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
15,894
29.3% of families
Single-mother families
4,551
8.4% of families
Veterans
9,378
5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

80.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 80,953 39.9%
  • Catholic 65,020 32.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 10,739 5.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,437 2.2%
  • Black Protestant 1,550 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
83.5%
±1 pp
Uninsured
16.5%
±1 pp
27th of 159
With a disability
12.0%
±0.7 pp
144th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
27.3%
±1 pp
−7.6 pp vs GA · 34th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
19.1%
90% interval 17.8%–20.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Northeastern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
6 (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
Dawsonville, Gainesville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Hall totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 18 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
18
11.11 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
18

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Hall County, Georgia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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