Lumpkin County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 30,619 88.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,011 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 681 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 284 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 773 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 73 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%

• Under 18 5,855 17.0%
• 18–24 7,116 20.6%
• 25–44 7,189 20.8%
• 45–64 7,926 23.0%
• 65 and over 6,419 18.6%

Median household income

$80,922

90% interval $73,871–$87,973

+$1,010 vs GA · 27th of 159

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.5%–15.5%

+0.2 pp vs GA · 114th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,236

Establishments

738

• Education & health services 2,814 32.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,621 18.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,402 15.9%
• Construction 817 9.3%
• Manufacturing 620 7.0%
• Public administration 509 5.8%
• Professional & business services 490 5.6%
• Other services 197 2.2%
• Financial activities 192 2.2%
• Information 70 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 40 0.5%
• Unclassified 33 0.4%

Home ownership

76.3%

+10.6 pp vs GA · 55th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,142

−$251 vs GA · 32nd of 159

Owner-occupied

8,908

Renter-occupied

2,761

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Construction, $73,944/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,141/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 14,339 80.5%
• Democratic 3,356 18.8%
• Other / third-party 113 0.6%

• Spanish 1,342 4.1%
• Arabic 150 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 97 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 68 0.2%
• Vietnamese 18 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%
• Chinese 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Korean 2 0.0%

Households

11,669

Family households

7,983

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,102

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

241

3.0% of families

Veterans

1,935

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,351 10.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,250 6.7%
• Catholic 2,161 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 692 2.1%
• Black Protestant 236 0.7%

Health insured

88.2%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

11.8%

±1.6 pp

106th of 159

With a disability

14.1%

±1.7 pp

118th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

31.6%

±2.7 pp

−3.3 pp vs GA · 22nd of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.6%

90% interval 14.2%–17.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Enotah 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

Blairsville, Cleveland, Dahlonega, Hiawassee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

24.43 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7