Lowndes County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,746 50.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,552 7.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 44,366 37.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,088 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,883 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 80 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 49 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 201 0.2%

• Under 18 29,477 24.6%
• 18–24 18,629 15.5%
• 25–44 31,865 26.6%
• 45–64 24,071 20.1%
• 65 and over 15,923 13.3%

Median household income

$60,185

90% interval $54,487–$65,883

−$19,727 vs GA · 76th of 159

Below poverty line

18.1%

90% interval 15.2%–21.0%

+5.3 pp vs GA · 71st of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.1B

0.81% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,032

Establishments

3,294

• Education & health services 13,267 26.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,261 22.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,631 15.5%
• Manufacturing 4,900 9.9%
• Professional & business services 3,572 7.2%
• Public administration 2,388 4.8%
• Financial activities 2,100 4.3%
• Other services 1,102 2.2%
• Information 26 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

56.9%

−8.8 pp vs GA · 145th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,052

−$341 vs GA · 42nd of 159

Owner-occupied

26,222

Renter-occupied

19,884

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $67,738/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,441/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 28,081 58.8%
• Democratic 19,487 40.8%
• Other / third-party 227 0.5%

• Spanish 4,697 4.2%
• German or other West Germanic 399 0.4%
• Korean 398 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 391 0.3%
• Tagalog 174 0.2%
• Chinese 118 0.1%
• Vietnamese 89 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.0%
• Arabic 11 0.0%

Households

46,106

Family households

28,469

61.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,384

29.4% of families

Single-mother families

4,419

15.5% of families

Veterans

8,527

9.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.7%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

14.3%

±1.5 pp

55th of 159

With a disability

13.1%

±0.9 pp

129th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

27.9%

±1.5 pp

−7.0 pp vs GA · 32nd of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.3%

90% interval 13.9%–16.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

18

19.89 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17