Jury Pool Profile

Oconee County, Georgia

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 42,788
Median household income: $115,925
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,795 83.7%
Black or African American alone 1,425 3.3%
Asian alone 1,812 4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 273 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 383 0.9%
Some other race alone 551 1.3%
Two or more races 2,549 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,466 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 11,213 26.2%
18–24 3,726 8.7%
25–44 9,241 21.6%
45–64 11,699 27.3%
65 and over 6,909 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,898
Establishments: 1,615

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,312 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,309 20.5%
Professional & business services 2,463 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,199 13.6%
Construction 896 5.6%
Manufacturing 756 4.7%
Other services 678 4.2%
Financial activities 645 4.0%
Public administration 389 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 278 1.7%
Information 141 0.9%
Unclassified 45 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.6%
Median gross rent: $1,347
Owner-occupied: 12,012
Renter-occupied: 2,709

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,287 votes cast

Republican 18,424 67.5%
Democratic 8,620 31.6%
Other / third-party 243 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,338 3.3%
Chinese 656 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 551 1.4%
Korean 309 0.8%
German 219 0.5%
Other Indo-European 215 0.5%
Slavic languages 118 0.3%
Vietnamese 71 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 53 0.1%
Arabic 51 0.1%
Other 18 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,721
Family households: 12,152; 82.5% of households
Married w/ children: 10,481
Single-mother households: 514
Veterans: 2,052; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,431 27.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,461 3.5%
Orthodox 120 0.3%
Catholic 75 0.2%
Black Protestant 50 0.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 8.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 54.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Western 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: Athens, Watkinsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 9.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023