Jury Pool Profile

Lowndes County, Georgia

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 119,055
Median household income: $55,887
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 62,733 52.7%
Black or African American alone 44,220 37.1%
Asian alone 2,304 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 459 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 149 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,816 2.4%
Two or more races 6,374 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,169 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.3

Under 18 29,282 24.6%
18–24 18,661 15.7%
25–44 31,640 26.6%
45–64 24,006 20.2%
65 and over 15,466 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.1B; 0.81% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,531
Establishments: 3,318

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,079 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,164 22.6%
Leisure & hospitality 7,573 15.3%
Manufacturing 4,876 9.9%
Professional & business services 3,765 7.6%
Construction 2,550 5.2%
Public administration 2,359 4.8%
Financial activities 2,033 4.1%
Other services 1,158 2.3%
Information 533 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 184 0.4%
Unclassified 76 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.1%
Median gross rent: $1,002
Owner-occupied: 25,201
Renter-occupied: 19,727

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 47,795 votes cast

Republican 28,081 58.8%
Democratic 19,487 40.8%
Other / third-party 227 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,727 4.3%
Other Indo-European 662 0.6%
German 363 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 357 0.3%
Other 313 0.3%
Korean 311 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 209 0.2%
Tagalog 194 0.2%
Chinese 128 0.1%
Vietnamese 78 0.1%
Slavic languages 58 0.1%
Arabic 20 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,928
Family households: 28,121; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 18,714
Single-mother households: 4,822
Veterans: 7,976; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 43,303 36.6%
Mainline Protestant 6,332 5.4%
Black Protestant 5,292 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,766 2.3%
Catholic 1,940 1.6%
Orthodox 10 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.1%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southern 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: Moultrie, Quitman, Statenville, Thomasville, Valdosta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 20.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023