Jury Pool Profile

Muscogee County, Georgia

Democratic +23 (2024)

Population: 204,383
Median household income: $56,622
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 80,261 39.3%
Black or African American alone 95,491 46.7%
Asian alone 5,323 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 370 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 341 0.2%
Some other race alone 7,257 3.6%
Two or more races 15,340 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,884 8.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.1

Under 18 51,127 25.0%
18–24 18,524 9.1%
25–44 59,198 29.0%
45–64 46,164 22.6%
65 and over 29,370 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.8B; 1.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,578
Establishments: 5,414

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 23,403 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,800 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 12,121 13.6%
Professional & business services 10,741 12.0%
Financial activities 7,996 9.0%
Public administration 6,308 7.1%
Manufacturing 5,918 6.6%
Construction 3,198 3.6%
Other services 2,566 2.9%
Information 878 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 132 0.1%
Unclassified 118 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 50.2%
Median gross rent: $1,072
Owner-occupied: 40,491
Renter-occupied: 40,109

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 80,491 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,706 5.1%
Other Indo-European 1,648 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,136 0.6%
Korean 765 0.4%
German 627 0.3%
Other 538 0.3%
Vietnamese 416 0.2%
Tagalog 372 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 280 0.1%
Slavic languages 139 0.1%
Chinese 128 0.1%
Arabic 115 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 80,600
Family households: 48,711; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 29,199
Single-mother households: 9,783
Veterans: 20,970; 14.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 16.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023