Jackson County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 64,216 75.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,201 10.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,438 7.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,997 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,489 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 356 0.4%

• Under 18 21,285 25.1%
• 18–24 6,355 7.5%
• 25–44 23,408 27.6%
• 45–64 21,411 25.3%
• 65 and over 12,298 14.5%

Median household income

$92,131

90% interval $85,229–$99,033

+$12,219 vs GA · 14th of 159

Below poverty line

8.3%

90% interval 6.5%–10.1%

−4.5 pp vs GA · 148th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.5B

0.74% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,747

Establishments

2,223

• Trade, transportation & utilities 19,673 45.1%
• Manufacturing 9,292 21.3%
• Education & health services 4,039 9.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,358 5.4%
• Professional & business services 2,006 4.6%
• Financial activities 1,873 4.3%
• Construction 1,814 4.2%
• Public administration 1,241 2.8%
• Other services 800 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 284 0.7%
• Information 150 0.3%
• Unclassified 88 0.2%

Home ownership

79.3%

+13.6 pp vs GA · 30th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,126

−$267 vs GA · 36th of 159

Owner-occupied

22,532

Renter-occupied

5,870

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $84,769/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,947/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 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 36,497 77.3%
• Democratic 10,472 22.2%
• Other / third-party 274 0.6%

• Spanish 6,086 7.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 845 1.1%
• Vietnamese 317 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 262 0.3%
• Tagalog 259 0.3%
• Chinese 143 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 113 0.1%
• Korean 53 0.1%

Households

28,402

Family households

22,595

79.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,354

37.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,214

5.4% of families

Veterans

3,969

6.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

88.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

11.6%

±1.2 pp

110th of 159

With a disability

12.9%

±0.9 pp

131st of 159

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±1.7 pp

−7.1 pp vs GA · 33rd of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.2%

90% interval 12.0%–14.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

14.18 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8