Jury Pool Profile
Jeff Davis County, Georgia
- County seat
- Hazlehurst
- Judicial district
- Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 15,219
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,924.
At a glance
Jeff Davis County is a 15,219-person venue. The county population is 68% White and 12% Black (Census race-alone categories). 14% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $50,152, $29,760 below the GA state median of $79,912; 13.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 25.9% of covered employment, average pay $59,461/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.24%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 81% to 84% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,924
- Median household income
- $40,283
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 68% / 12%.
Jeff Davis County has a population of 14,924, with a median age of 39.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 68.0%; Black residents 12.0%. Independently, 14.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $50,152; 13.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Manufacturing about 1,130, Education & health services about 1,020.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 25.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.24%, above the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Jeff Davis County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.0% in 2024, 81.4% in 2020, 80.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
13.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 6.6% of the adult civilian population (735 individuals).