Houston County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 87,220 51.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,872 7.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 54,699 32.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5,075 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,573 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 87 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 226 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 897 0.5%

• Under 18 43,325 25.5%
• 18–24 14,507 8.6%
• 25–44 48,060 28.3%
• 45–64 40,496 23.9%
• 65 and over 23,261 13.7%

Median household income

$79,245

90% interval $74,598–$83,892

−$667 vs GA · 29th of 159

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 10.0%–13.8%

−0.9 pp vs GA · 121st of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.9B

1.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,445

Establishments

3,514

• Public administration 16,212 24.8%
• Education & health services 13,766 21.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,560 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,684 13.3%
• Manufacturing 6,015 9.2%
• Professional & business services 5,952 9.1%
• Construction 1,830 2.8%
• Financial activities 1,535 2.3%
• Other services 1,246 1.9%
• Information 370 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 109 0.2%
• Unclassified 78 0.1%

Home ownership

66.9%

+1.2 pp vs GA · 103rd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,208

−$185 vs GA · 27th of 159

Owner-occupied

42,738

Renter-occupied

21,113

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $85,434/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,830/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 7,265 4.6%
• Tagalog 721 0.5%
• Vietnamese 626 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 622 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 501 0.3%
• Chinese 407 0.3%
• Korean 392 0.2%
• Arabic 386 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 83 0.1%

Households

63,851

Family households

44,868

70.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

12,659

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

5,657

12.6% of families

Veterans

19,366

15.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±1 pp

130th of 159

With a disability

13.8%

±0.8 pp

121st of 159

Bachelor's or higher

32.5%

±1.9 pp

−2.4 pp vs GA · 19th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.9%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

14

11.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14