Hart County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,907 73.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,145 4.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,575 17.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 368 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 899 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 31 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%

• Under 18 5,477 20.3%
• 18–24 1,665 6.2%
• 25–44 6,397 23.7%
• 45–64 7,305 27.1%
• 65 and over 6,095 22.6%

Median household income

$63,976

90% interval $57,860–$70,092

−$15,936 vs GA · 61st of 159

Below poverty line

13.7%

90% interval 10.6%–16.8%

+0.9 pp vs GA · 107th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,479

Establishments

608

• Manufacturing 2,969 35.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,297 15.7%
• Education & health services 1,107 13.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 856 10.4%
• Professional & business services 541 6.5%
• Public administration 504 6.1%
• Construction 381 4.6%
• Natural resources & mining 233 2.8%
• Financial activities 192 2.3%
• Information 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.8%

+12.1 pp vs GA · 44th of 159

Median gross rent

$844

−$549 vs GA · 92nd of 159

Owner-occupied

8,581

Renter-occupied

2,453

• 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 (Financial activities, $70,473/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,214/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 11,064 77.2%
• Democratic 3,210 22.4%
• Other / third-party 57 0.4%

• Spanish 1,022 4.0%
• Vietnamese 200 0.8%
• Korean 27 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 25 0.1%
• Chinese 15 0.1%
• Tagalog 12 0.0%

Households

11,034

Family households

7,287

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,688

23.2% of families

Single-mother families

425

5.8% of families

Veterans

1,675

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,674 52.9%
• Catholic 2,417 9.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,903 7.4%
• Black Protestant 540 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 308 1.2%

Health insured

89.2%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

10.8%

±1.9 pp

121st of 159

With a disability

17.9%

±2.3 pp

53rd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

20.8%

±2.5 pp

−14.1 pp vs GA · 68th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.3%

90% interval 13.9%–16.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Northern 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

Carnesville, Danielsville, Elberton, Hartwell, Lexington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

9.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2