Jury Pool Profile

Jones County, Georgia

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 28,526
Median household income: $68,259
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,170 70.7%
Black or African American alone 7,153 25.1%
Asian alone 94 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 288 1.0%
Two or more races 807 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 571 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 6,518 22.8%
18–24 2,160 7.6%
25–44 7,149 25.1%
45–64 7,536 26.4%
65 and over 5,163 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $651.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,841
Establishments: 421

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,424 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 766 18.2%
Professional & business services 452 10.8%
Leisure & hospitality 431 10.3%
Construction 428 10.2%
Public administration 374 8.9%
Financial activities 106 2.5%
Other services 97 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 49 1.2%
Manufacturing 48 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.4%
Median gross rent: $917
Owner-occupied: 9,201
Renter-occupied: 1,570

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,092 votes cast

Republican 11,079 68.8%
Democratic 4,959 30.8%
Other / third-party 54 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 434 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.3%
Other Indo-European 61 0.2%
Chinese 50 0.2%
Tagalog 16 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,771
Family households: 7,497; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,797
Single-mother households: 710
Veterans: 1,864; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,469 26.3%
Black Protestant 2,181 7.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,299 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 575 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Eatonton, Gray, Greensboro, Irwinton, Madison, Milledgeville, Monticello, Sparta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 18.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023