Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Georgia

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 33,337
Median household income: $88,024
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,706 68.1%
Black or African American alone 7,785 23.4%
Asian alone 780 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 37 0.1%
Some other race alone 287 0.9%
Two or more races 1,742 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,077 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 8,627 25.9%
18–24 2,983 8.9%
25–44 8,854 26.6%
45–64 8,296 24.9%
65 and over 4,577 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,163
Establishments: 612

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,616 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,594 21.7%
Professional & business services 1,201 16.3%
Construction 910 12.4%
Public administration 530 7.2%
Leisure & hospitality 502 6.8%
Manufacturing 428 5.8%
Financial activities 203 2.8%
Other services 174 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 160 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $1,147
Owner-occupied: 8,796
Renter-occupied: 3,164

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,683 votes cast

Republican 12,655 71.6%
Democratic 4,957 28.0%
Other / third-party 71 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 645 2.1%
Other Indo-European 292 0.9%
Korean 200 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 173 0.6%
Tagalog 125 0.4%
Vietnamese 87 0.3%
German 56 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,960
Family households: 9,143; 76.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,907
Single-mother households: 1,095
Veterans: 2,254; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,362 25.2%
Mainline Protestant 914 2.8%
Black Protestant 804 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 555 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southwestern 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: Americus, Ellaville, Leesburg, Lumpkin, Oglethorpe, Preston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023