Jury Pool Profile

Macon County, Georgia

Democratic +18 (2024)

Population: 11,953
Median household income: $37,177
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,999 33.5%
Black or African American alone 7,062 59.1%
Asian alone 188 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 408 3.4%
Two or more races 275 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 524 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 2,248 18.8%
18–24 1,012 8.5%
25–44 3,439 28.8%
45–64 3,067 25.7%
65 and over 2,187 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $615.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,399
Establishments: 236

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 647 22.5%
Manufacturing 611 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 452 15.7%
Public administration 370 12.9%
Natural resources & mining 288 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 180 6.3%
Professional & business services 174 6.1%
Financial activities 54 1.9%
Other services 45 1.6%
Construction 36 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.1%
Median gross rent: $624
Owner-occupied: 2,426
Renter-occupied: 1,544

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,686 votes cast

Democratic 2,755 58.8%
Republican 1,916 40.9%
Other / third-party 15 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 451 4.0%
German 66 0.6%
Tagalog 60 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.5%
Other Indo-European 40 0.4%
Arabic 35 0.3%
Chinese 20 0.2%
Other 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,970
Family households: 2,342; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,259
Single-mother households: 363
Veterans: 523; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,021 25.0%
Black Protestant 2,164 17.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 794 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 574 4.8%
Catholic 110 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.8%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.0%

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: 2; 20.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023