Lamar County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,002 66.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 661 3.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,304 27.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 140 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 448 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%

• Under 18 4,000 20.4%
• 18–24 2,198 11.2%
• 25–44 4,908 25.1%
• 45–64 5,009 25.6%
• 65 and over 3,456 17.7%

Median household income

$68,344

90% interval $61,773–$74,915

−$11,568 vs GA · 49th of 159

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 9.5%–15.7%

−0.2 pp vs GA · 117th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.81 pp vs. state

County GDP

$668.4M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,265

Establishments

370

• Education & health services 1,223 27.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,031 23.1%
• Manufacturing 835 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 327 7.3%
• Public administration 268 6.0%
• Professional & business services 253 5.7%
• Construction 190 4.3%
• Financial activities 133 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 84 1.9%
• Other services 83 1.9%
• Information 18 0.4%
• Unclassified 16 0.4%

Home ownership

75.7%

+10.0 pp vs GA · 59th of 159

Median gross rent

$878

−$515 vs GA · 81st of 159

Owner-occupied

5,397

Renter-occupied

1,736

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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, $69,878/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,012/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,575 72.8%
• Democratic 2,795 26.8%
• Other / third-party 42 0.4%

• Spanish 191 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 68 0.4%
• Chinese 27 0.1%
• Vietnamese 15 0.1%
• Korean 10 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%

Households

7,133

Family households

4,610

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,181

25.6% of families

Single-mother families

487

10.6% of families

Veterans

1,320

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,614 24.9%
• Black Protestant 1,174 6.3%
• Mainline Protestant 835 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 259 1.4%

Health insured

89.3%

±2.9 pp

Uninsured

10.7%

±2.9 pp

124th of 159

With a disability

15.9%

±2.1 pp

93rd of 159

Bachelor's or higher

19.2%

±3.8 pp

−15.7 pp vs GA · 78th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.5%

90% interval 12.2%–14.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Towaliga 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

Barnesville, Forsyth, Jackson

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

25.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4