Jury Pool Profile

Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 15,221
Median household income: $69,784
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,440 75.2%
Black or African American alone 2,421 15.9%
Asian alone 141 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.1%
Some other race alone 512 3.4%
Two or more races 677 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 966 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 3,286 21.6%
18–24 1,234 8.1%
25–44 3,623 23.8%
45–64 4,192 27.5%
65 and over 2,886 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $517.6M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,812
Establishments: 249

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 546 26.1%
Construction 308 14.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 220 10.5%
Manufacturing 206 9.8%
Professional & business services 195 9.3%
Natural resources & mining 182 8.7%
Public administration 163 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 122 5.8%
Financial activities 74 3.5%
Other services 64 3.1%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $832
Owner-occupied: 4,273
Renter-occupied: 969

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,822 votes cast

Republican 6,255 70.9%
Democratic 2,515 28.5%
Other / third-party 52 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 703 4.9%
Vietnamese 114 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 34 0.2%
German 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,242
Family households: 3,741; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,729
Single-mother households: 499
Veterans: 1,042; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,328 22.4%
Black Protestant 478 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 286 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 268 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Northern 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: Carnesville, Danielsville, Elberton, Hartwell, Lexington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 16.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023