Jury Pool Profile

Laurens County, Georgia

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 49,619
Median household income: $49,705
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,351 57.1%
Black or African American alone 18,593 37.5%
Asian alone 467 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 122 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 140 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,103 2.2%
Two or more races 843 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,530 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 12,331 24.9%
18–24 3,931 7.9%
25–44 12,125 24.4%
45–64 12,240 24.7%
65 and over 8,992 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,584
Establishments: 1,224

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,999 35.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,589 18.2%
Manufacturing 2,279 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,923 9.8%
Professional & business services 1,841 9.3%
Public administration 1,028 5.2%
Construction 882 4.5%
Financial activities 494 2.5%
Other services 380 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 145 0.7%
Information 127 0.6%
Unclassified 21 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%
Median gross rent: $769
Owner-occupied: 11,835
Renter-occupied: 6,298

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,352 votes cast

Republican 15,460 66.2%
Democratic 7,820 33.5%
Other / third-party 72 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,111 2.4%
Other Indo-European 206 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 89 0.2%
Korean 39 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.1%
Chinese 27 0.1%
Slavic languages 26 0.1%
Tagalog 20 0.0%
German 9 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,133
Family households: 12,446; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 8,406
Single-mother households: 1,703
Veterans: 2,690; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,723 43.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,985 6.0%
Black Protestant 2,614 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,160 2.3%
Catholic 1,000 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Dublin Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Dublin, Jeffersonville, Soperton, Wrightsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 42.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023