Jury Pool Profile
Lamar County, Georgia
Republican +46 (2024)
- Population
- 19,098
- Median household income
- $68,457
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 12,702 66.5%
- Black or African American alone 5,436 28.5%
- Asian alone 130 0.7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 29 0.2%
- Two or more races 786 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 0.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 38.7
- Under 18 4,134 21.6%
- 18–24 2,138 11.2%
- 25–44 4,612 24.1%
- 45–64 4,967 26.0%
- 65 and over 3,247 17.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- +1.04 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $668.4M
- 0.08% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $50,573
- Establishments
- 355
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,175 26.3%
- Manufacturing 964 21.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 953 21.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 322 7.2%
- Public administration 277 6.2%
- Professional & business services 264 5.9%
- Construction 187 4.2%
- Financial activities 127 2.8%
- Natural resources & mining 86 1.9%
- Other services 78 1.7%
- Information 16 0.4%
- Unclassified 10 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.2%
- Median gross rent
- $913
- Owner-occupied
- 5,336
- Renter-occupied
- 1,664
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,412 votes cast
- Republican 7,575 72.8%
- Democratic 2,795 26.8%
- Other / third-party 42 0.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Other Indo-European 156 0.9%
- French (incl. Cajun) 68 0.4%
- Spanish 67 0.4%
- Other 26 0.1%
- Chinese 24 0.1%
- Vietnamese 11 0.1%
- Korean 9 0.0%
- German 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,000
- Family households
- 4,483
- 64.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,276
- Single-mother households
- 407
- Veterans
- 1,222
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.2% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 89.8%
- With a disability
- 16.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 13.37 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023