Lanier County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,610 64.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 758 7.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,471 24.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 121 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 157 1.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 104 1.0%

• Under 18 2,303 22.5%
• 18–24 1,060 10.4%
• 25–44 2,845 27.8%
• 45–64 2,460 24.1%
• 65 and over 1,553 15.2%

Median household income

$54,320

90% interval $48,232–$60,408

−$25,592 vs GA · 97th of 159

Below poverty line

17.3%

90% interval 12.9%–21.7%

+4.5 pp vs GA · 80th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$194.2M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,687

Establishments

135

• Education & health services 487 35.5%
• Construction 155 11.3%
• Public administration 142 10.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 139 10.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 120 8.8%
• Manufacturing 74 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 55 4.0%
• Other services 28 2.0%
• Professional & business services 16 1.2%
• Unclassified 5 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 89.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.2%

+7.5 pp vs GA · 70th of 159

Median gross rent

$913

−$480 vs GA · 76th of 159

Owner-occupied

2,550

Renter-occupied

933

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $49,181/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,456/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 2,726 73.0%
• Democratic 995 26.6%
• Other / third-party 15 0.4%

• Spanish 469 4.9%
• Korean 105 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 104 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 15 0.2%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%

Households

3,483

Family households

2,718

78.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

636

23.4% of families

Single-mother families

225

8.3% of families

Veterans

1,007

13.3% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

82.9%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

17.1%

±3.2 pp

22nd of 159

With a disability

17.9%

±2.9 pp

54th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±4.7 pp

−15.6 pp vs GA · 77th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.5%

90% interval 14.6%–18.4% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0