Jury Pool Profile

Irwin County, Georgia

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 9,385
Median household income: $53,915
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,382 68.0%
Black or African American alone 2,375 25.3%
Asian alone 17 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 478 5.1%
Two or more races 133 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 658 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 2,109 22.5%
18–24 841 9.0%
25–44 2,401 25.6%
45–64 2,399 25.6%
65 and over 1,635 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $293.1M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,550
Establishments: 165

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 648 31.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 329 16.1%
Professional & business services 184 9.0%
Public administration 176 8.6%
Leisure & hospitality 68 3.3%
Financial activities 47 2.3%
Other services 26 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $824
Owner-occupied: 2,653
Renter-occupied: 1,072

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,342 votes cast

Republican 3,340 76.9%
Democratic 986 22.7%
Other / third-party 16 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 523 5.9%
German 21 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,725
Family households: 2,634; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,710
Single-mother households: 515
Veterans: 398; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,126 32.3%
Black Protestant 656 6.8%
Mainline Protestant 301 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.6%
With a disability: 8.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Tifton 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: Ashburn, Ocilla, Sylvester, Tifton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 68.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023