Jury Pool Profile

Hart County, Georgia

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 26,484
Median household income: $57,241
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,848 74.9%
Black or African American alone 4,548 17.2%
Asian alone 377 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 171 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 403 1.5%
Two or more races 1,137 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,050 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

Under 18 5,468 20.6%
18–24 1,667 6.3%
25–44 6,195 23.4%
45–64 7,207 27.2%
65 and over 5,947 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,680
Establishments: 597

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,520 31.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,293 16.3%
Education & health services 1,178 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 856 10.8%
Professional & business services 650 8.2%
Public administration 490 6.2%
Construction 354 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 220 2.8%
Financial activities 198 2.5%
Other services 98 1.2%
Information 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.1%
Median gross rent: $814
Owner-occupied: 7,916
Renter-occupied: 2,627

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,331 votes cast

Republican 11,064 77.2%
Democratic 3,210 22.4%
Other / third-party 57 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 824 3.3%
Vietnamese 226 0.9%
Other Indo-European 78 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 38 0.2%
Korean 36 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.1%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,543
Family households: 7,086; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,299
Single-mother households: 552
Veterans: 1,729; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 28.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023