Jury Pool Profile

Houston County, Georgia

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 166,902
Median household income: $80,743
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 91,775 55.0%
Black or African American alone 52,733 31.6%
Asian alone 5,164 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 577 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 257 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,624 1.6%
Two or more races 13,772 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,228 7.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 42,779 25.6%
18–24 14,235 8.5%
25–44 47,288 28.3%
45–64 40,246 24.1%
65 and over 22,354 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.9B; 1.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,953
Establishments: 3,475

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 16,607 25.2%
Education & health services 13,674 20.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,634 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 8,447 12.8%
Professional & business services 6,277 9.5%
Manufacturing 6,071 9.2%
Construction 1,949 3.0%
Financial activities 1,517 2.3%
Other services 1,056 1.6%
Information 365 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 109 0.2%
Unclassified 75 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.1%
Median gross rent: $1,143
Owner-occupied: 41,709
Renter-occupied: 20,449

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 81,514 votes cast

Republican 45,090 55.3%
Democratic 35,907 44.1%
Other / third-party 517 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,890 4.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,125 0.7%
Vietnamese 1,007 0.6%
Other Indo-European 670 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 644 0.4%
Tagalog 437 0.3%
German 392 0.3%
Arabic 368 0.2%
Korean 345 0.2%
Chinese 331 0.2%
Other 188 0.1%
Slavic languages 98 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 62,158
Family households: 44,170; 71.1% of households
Married w/ children: 30,967
Single-mother households: 5,205
Veterans: 19,116; 16% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 49,485 30.2%
Catholic 8,357 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,255 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,917 3.0%
Black Protestant 4,114 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Houston 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: Perry

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 10.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023