Jury Pool Profile
Hancock County, Georgia
- County seat
- Sparta
- Judicial district
- Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 8,682
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,650.
At a glance
Hancock County is an 8,682-person venue. The county population is 27% White and 70% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $43,810, $36,102 below the GA state median of $79,912; 10.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 27.6% of covered employment, average pay $40,441/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.12%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 68% to 75% of the vote across the three. At least 15% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 8,650
- Median household income
- $40,082
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This county: 70%.
Hancock County has a population of 8,650, with a median age of 47.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 27.3%; Black residents 69.7%.
The median household earns $43,810; 10.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 30.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 400, Public administration about 360.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 27.6% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 25.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.12%, above the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hancock County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 67.5% in 2024, 71.7% in 2020, 75.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (482 individuals).