Jury Pool Profile

Jeff Davis County, Georgia

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 14,838
Median household income: $40,879
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,476 70.6%
Black or African American alone 2,056 13.9%
Asian alone 19 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 105 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.5%
Some other race alone 231 1.6%
Two or more races 1,881 12.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,033 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 3,893 26.2%
18–24 1,327 8.9%
25–44 3,373 22.7%
45–64 3,937 26.5%
65 and over 2,308 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $693.7M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,663
Establishments: 286

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,150 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 871 20.4%
Education & health services 812 19.1%
Professional & business services 360 8.5%
Natural resources & mining 341 8.0%
Leisure & hospitality 322 7.6%
Public administration 234 5.5%
Financial activities 83 1.9%
Other services 57 1.3%
Construction 20 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.4%
Median gross rent: $674
Owner-occupied: 3,671
Renter-occupied: 1,697

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,872 votes cast

Republican 4,935 84.0%
Democratic 924 15.7%
Other / third-party 13 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,460 10.5%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,368
Family households: 3,476; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,323
Single-mother households: 365
Veterans: 876; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

70.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,912 53.5%
Black Protestant 1,302 8.8%
Catholic 600 4.1%
Mainline Protestant 336 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 235 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 78.2%
With a disability: 22.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Baxley, Brunswick, Hazlehurst, Jesup, Woodbine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023