Jury Pool Profile

Heard County, Georgia

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 11,616
Median household income: $62,907
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,884 85.1%
Black or African American alone 919 7.9%
Asian alone 88 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 38 0.3%
Two or more races 681 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 302 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 2,705 23.3%
18–24 931 8.0%
25–44 2,704 23.3%
45–64 3,250 28.0%
65 and over 2,026 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,776
Establishments: 176

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 449 21.0%
Manufacturing 441 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 399 18.7%
Public administration 357 16.7%
Construction 226 10.6%
Professional & business services 102 4.8%
Leisure & hospitality 78 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 31 1.4%
Financial activities 28 1.3%
Other services 19 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.0%
Median gross rent: $855
Owner-occupied: 3,127
Renter-occupied: 1,215

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,210 votes cast

Republican 5,335 85.9%
Democratic 859 13.8%
Other / third-party 16 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Other 151 1.4%
Spanish 74 0.7%
Vietnamese 32 0.3%
Other Indo-European 30 0.3%
Korean 29 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.2%
German 25 0.2%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,342
Family households: 3,021; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,150
Single-mother households: 223
Veterans: 1,037; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,632 40.6%
Mainline Protestant 515 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 134 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.5%
With a disability: 25.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: West Georgia Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Carrollton, Franklin

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 56.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023