Jury Pool Profile

Meriwether County, Georgia

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 20,757
Median household income: $56,458
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,987 57.7%
Black or African American alone 7,926 38.2%
Asian alone 62 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 135 0.7%
Two or more races 619 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 569 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 4,483 21.6%
18–24 1,516 7.3%
25–44 4,798 23.1%
45–64 5,627 27.1%
65 and over 4,333 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $913.1M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,384
Establishments: 415

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,044 21.6%
Education & health services 995 20.5%
Construction 650 13.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 624 12.9%
Public administration 530 10.9%
Leisure & hospitality 274 5.7%
Professional & business services 264 5.5%
Other services 187 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 137 2.8%
Financial activities 77 1.6%
Information 42 0.9%
Unclassified 16 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.5%
Median gross rent: $899
Owner-occupied: 5,757
Renter-occupied: 2,413

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,788 votes cast

Republican 7,375 62.6%
Democratic 4,373 37.1%
Other / third-party 40 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 159 0.8%
Korean 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,170
Family households: 5,682; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,566
Single-mother households: 553
Veterans: 1,172; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,868 28.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,384 6.7%
Black Protestant 1,138 5.5%
Catholic 242 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 222 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.8%
With a disability: 21.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Coweta Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Greenville, LaGrange, Newnan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023