Muscogee County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 74,833 36.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,357 8.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 93,972 46.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 5,257 2.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 10,670 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 91 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 305 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,226 0.6%

• Under 18 50,790 24.9%
• 18–24 18,264 9.0%
• 25–44 59,112 29.0%
• 45–64 45,453 22.3%
• 65 and over 30,092 14.8%

Median household income

$57,609

90% interval $53,401–$61,817

−$22,303 vs GA · 85th of 159

Below poverty line

17.3%

90% interval 14.7%–19.9%

+4.5 pp vs GA · 81st of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$13.8B

1.57% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,743

Establishments

5,324

• Education & health services 23,704 26.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 15,905 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 12,248 13.7%
• Professional & business services 10,619 11.9%
• Financial activities 7,802 8.8%
• Public administration 6,339 7.1%
• Manufacturing 5,976 6.7%
• Other services 2,486 2.8%
• Information 121 0.1%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 95.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

50.8%

−14.9 pp vs GA · 156th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,106

−$287 vs GA · 39th of 159

Owner-occupied

41,390

Renter-occupied

40,025

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $89,065/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,855/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 49,413 61.4%
• Republican 30,616 38.0%
• Other / third-party 462 0.6%

• Spanish 9,309 4.9%
• Korean 669 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 578 0.3%
• Vietnamese 475 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 348 0.2%
• Chinese 348 0.2%
• Tagalog 293 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 118 0.1%

Households

81,415

Family households

47,987

58.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,103

23.1% of families

Single-mother families

9,379

19.5% of families

Veterans

20,438

14% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 68,893 33.3%
• Black Protestant 21,947 10.6%
• Mainline Protestant 16,425 7.9%
• Catholic 7,510 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,479 2.6%
• Orthodox 150 0.1%

Health insured

88.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±0.9 pp

117th of 159

With a disability

17.4%

±0.8 pp

67th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

30.5%

±1.4 pp

−4.4 pp vs GA · 27th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.9%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

9 (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

Buena Vista, Butler, Columbus, Cusseta, Hamilton, Talbotton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

25

16.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

24