Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Georgia

Democratic +35 (2024)

Population: 8,630
Median household income: $33,182
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,280 26.4%
Black or African American alone 6,161 71.4%
Asian alone 47 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 36 0.4%
Two or more races 87 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.3

Under 18 1,303 15.1%
18–24 728 8.4%
25–44 2,099 24.3%
45–64 2,373 27.5%
65 and over 2,127 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +1.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $202.1M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,202
Establishments: 98

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 392 26.9%
Public administration 382 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 137 9.4%
Financial activities 44 3.0%
Professional & business services 23 1.6%
Leisure & hospitality 14 1.0%
Information 7 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $671
Owner-occupied: 2,210
Renter-occupied: 642

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,240 votes cast

Democratic 2,864 67.5%
Republican 1,364 32.2%
Other / third-party 12 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 123 1.5%
Other Indo-European 27 0.3%
German 12 0.1%
Korean 9 0.1%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,852
Family households: 1,767; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,229
Single-mother households: 170
Veterans: 424; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.2% overall adherence rate

Black Protestant 1,446 16.6%
Evangelical Protestant 748 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 276 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 258 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Eatonton, Gray, Greensboro, Irwinton, Madison, Milledgeville, Monticello, Sparta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 13.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023