Jury Pool Profile

Newton County, Georgia

Democratic +15 (2024)

Population: 115,530
Median household income: $73,732
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,471 42.0%
Black or African American alone 54,805 47.4%
Asian alone 1,630 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 89 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,477 2.1%
Two or more races 8,058 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,813 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.4

Under 18 29,569 25.6%
18–24 10,958 9.5%
25–44 29,877 25.9%
45–64 29,795 25.8%
65 and over 15,331 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.8 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.6B; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,919
Establishments: 2,169

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,785 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,611 20.3%
Manufacturing 4,389 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,121 11.3%
Professional & business services 2,497 9.0%
Construction 1,933 7.0%
Public administration 1,495 5.4%
Financial activities 740 2.7%
Other services 615 2.2%
Information 379 1.4%
Unclassified 90 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 52 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $1,331
Owner-occupied: 29,962
Renter-occupied: 10,569

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 59,051 votes cast

Democratic 33,839 57.3%
Republican 24,893 42.2%
Other / third-party 319 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,066 4.7%
Other 539 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 420 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 417 0.4%
Other Indo-European 363 0.3%
Chinese 300 0.3%
Korean 148 0.1%
German 65 0.1%
Slavic languages 64 0.1%
Arabic 9 0.0%
Tagalog 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 40,531
Family households: 30,329; 74.8% of households
Married w/ children: 20,244
Single-mother households: 3,880
Veterans: 7,376; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,891 23.0%
Mainline Protestant 5,620 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,003 2.7%
Catholic 2,659 2.4%
Black Protestant 1,888 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.8%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Alcovy Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Covington, Monroe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 27.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023