Jury Pool Profile

Jenkins County, Georgia

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 8,674
Median household income: $36,906
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,975 57.4%
Black or African American alone 3,294 38.0%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 30 0.3%
Two or more races 371 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 365 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 1,612 18.6%
18–24 474 5.5%
25–44 2,365 27.3%
45–64 2,421 27.9%
65 and over 1,802 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $214.2M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,290
Establishments: 128

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 453 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 292 17.8%
Public administration 174 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 154 9.4%
Financial activities 26 1.6%
Other services 16 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 87.4%
Median gross rent: $544
Owner-occupied: 2,680
Renter-occupied: 387

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,409 votes cast

Republican 2,217 65.0%
Democratic 1,179 34.6%
Other / third-party 13 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 268 3.2%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,067
Family households: 1,938; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,463
Single-mother households: 36
Veterans: 434; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,322 38.3%
Black Protestant 1,462 16.9%
Mainline Protestant 557 6.4%
Catholic 100 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.0%
With a disability: 21.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ogeechee 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: Millen, Springfield, Statesboro, Sylvania

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 42.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023