Jury Pool Profile

Mitchell County, Georgia

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 21,441
Median household income: $51,908
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,124 47.2%
Black or African American alone 9,862 46.0%
Asian alone 4 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 68 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 601 2.8%
Two or more races 782 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,072 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 4,903 22.9%
18–24 2,051 9.6%
25–44 5,124 23.9%
45–64 5,486 25.6%
65 and over 3,877 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.58 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,455
Establishments: 482

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,125 32.8%
Education & health services 1,187 18.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,043 16.1%
Public administration 611 9.4%
Natural resources & mining 434 6.7%
Leisure & hospitality 352 5.4%
Professional & business services 242 3.7%
Financial activities 229 3.5%
Construction 157 2.4%
Other services 66 1.0%
Information 19 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.4%
Median gross rent: $776
Owner-occupied: 5,227
Renter-occupied: 2,768

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,877 votes cast

Republican 5,150 58.0%
Democratic 3,701 41.7%
Other / third-party 26 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 901 4.5%
Other Indo-European 169 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 95 0.5%
Other 53 0.3%
German 41 0.2%
Arabic 34 0.2%
Chinese 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,995
Family households: 5,052; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,066
Single-mother households: 932
Veterans: 1,458; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,084 37.2%
Black Protestant 1,732 8.0%
Mainline Protestant 956 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 216 1.0%
Catholic 200 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.6%
With a disability: 21.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: South Georgia 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: Bainbridge, Cairo, Camilla, Morgan, Newton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 42.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023