Jury Pool Profile

Long County, Georgia

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 17,512
Median household income: $64,747
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,747 55.7%
Black or African American alone 4,554 26.0%
Asian alone 27 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 81 0.5%
Some other race alone 1,433 8.2%
Two or more races 1,645 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,232 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.6

Under 18 4,857 27.7%
18–24 1,667 9.5%
25–44 5,217 29.8%
45–64 4,161 23.8%
65 and over 1,610 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $308.5M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,083
Establishments: 143

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 723 51.5%
Public administration 251 17.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 130 9.3%
Construction 95 6.8%
Professional & business services 63 4.5%
Leisure & hospitality 52 3.7%
Financial activities 32 2.3%
Other services 18 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.3%
Median gross rent: $931
Owner-occupied: 3,692
Renter-occupied: 2,144

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,056 votes cast

Republican 4,557 64.6%
Democratic 2,476 35.1%
Other / third-party 23 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,242 7.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 127 0.8%
German 106 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 84 0.5%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
Korean 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,836
Family households: 4,267; 73.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,010
Single-mother households: 550
Veterans: 1,974; 16.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,425 21.2%
Black Protestant 952 5.9%
Catholic 50 0.3%
Mainline Protestant 47 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Atlantic Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Claxton, Darien, Hinesville, Ludowici, Pembroke, Reidsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 15.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023