Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Georgia

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 80,640
Median household income: $85,012
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 64,323 79.8%
Black or African American alone 6,222 7.7%
Asian alone 1,679 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,713 3.4%
Two or more races 5,518 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,989 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 20,370 25.3%
18–24 5,954 7.4%
25–44 22,146 27.5%
45–64 20,479 25.4%
65 and over 11,691 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.5B; 0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,463
Establishments: 2,142

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 22,825 49.8%
Manufacturing 8,668 18.9%
Education & health services 4,021 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,403 5.2%
Financial activities 1,963 4.3%
Professional & business services 1,773 3.9%
Construction 1,643 3.6%
Public administration 1,205 2.6%
Other services 785 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 288 0.6%
Information 161 0.4%
Unclassified 77 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $1,048
Owner-occupied: 21,524
Renter-occupied: 5,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 47,243 votes cast

Republican 36,497 77.3%
Democratic 10,472 22.2%
Other / third-party 274 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,333 7.0%
Slavic languages 486 0.6%
Other Indo-European 354 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 352 0.5%
Tagalog 280 0.4%
Vietnamese 187 0.2%
Chinese 150 0.2%
German 133 0.2%
Other 120 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 94 0.1%
Korean 50 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,976
Family households: 21,417; 79.4% of households
Married w/ children: 17,354
Single-mother households: 1,233
Veterans: 4,002; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,390 25.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,481 4.6%
Catholic 2,659 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,200 2.9%
Black Protestant 502 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Piedmont 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: Jefferson, Winder

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 23.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023