Jury Pool Profile

Pickens County, Georgia

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 34,197
Median household income: $75,293
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,843 93.1%
Black or African American alone 170 0.5%
Asian alone 158 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 294 0.9%
Two or more races 1,656 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,294 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

Under 18 6,504 19.0%
18–24 2,333 6.8%
25–44 7,800 22.8%
45–64 9,900 28.9%
65 and over 7,660 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,748
Establishments: 932

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,258 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,690 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,319 14.3%
Manufacturing 872 9.5%
Construction 736 8.0%
Professional & business services 688 7.5%
Public administration 508 5.5%
Other services 455 4.9%
Financial activities 409 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 209 2.3%
Information 38 0.4%
Unclassified 30 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $1,079
Owner-occupied: 10,166
Renter-occupied: 2,888

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,915 votes cast

Republican 17,281 82.6%
Democratic 3,522 16.8%
Other / third-party 112 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 894 2.8%
Chinese 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 26 0.1%
Vietnamese 23 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
German 21 0.1%
Tagalog 20 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.1%
Korean 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,054
Family households: 9,565; 73.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,706
Single-mother households: 675
Veterans: 2,228; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,294 12.9%
Evangelical Protestant 4,046 12.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,007 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 359 1.1%
Black Protestant 210 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 19.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Appalachian 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: Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Jasper

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 25.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023