Jury Pool Profile

Lanier County, Georgia

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 10,094
Median household income: $44,361
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,723 66.6%
Black or African American alone 2,469 24.5%
Asian alone 104 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 472 4.7%
Two or more races 317 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 679 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 2,300 22.8%
18–24 1,083 10.7%
25–44 2,874 28.5%
45–64 2,372 23.5%
65 and over 1,465 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $194.2M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,639
Establishments: 127

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 464 33.0%
Construction 196 13.9%
Public administration 145 10.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 137 9.7%
Manufacturing 76 5.4%
Natural resources & mining 72 5.1%
Other services 20 1.4%
Professional & business services 16 1.1%
Unclassified 4 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $878
Owner-occupied: 2,471
Renter-occupied: 971

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,736 votes cast

Republican 2,726 73.0%
Democratic 995 26.6%
Other / third-party 15 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 428 4.5%
Korean 116 1.2%
German 87 0.9%
Other Indo-European 30 0.3%
Slavic languages 12 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,442
Family households: 2,576; 74.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,818
Single-mother households: 264
Veterans: 940; 12.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,225 22.5%
Mainline Protestant 349 3.5%
Black Protestant 328 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 208 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.5%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Alapaha 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: Adel, Homerville, Lakeland, Nashville, Pearson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 25.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023