Jury Pool Profile

Pierce County, Georgia

Republican +78 (2024)

Population: 19,996
Median household income: $56,691
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,928 84.7%
Black or African American alone 1,965 9.8%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 50 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 55 0.3%
Two or more races 998 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,035 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 4,949 24.7%
18–24 1,581 7.9%
25–44 4,748 23.7%
45–64 5,326 26.6%
65 and over 3,392 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $659.2M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,273
Establishments: 442

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,457 32.1%
Education & health services 851 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 438 9.7%
Manufacturing 420 9.3%
Construction 404 8.9%
Public administration 287 6.3%
Professional & business services 217 4.8%
Natural resources & mining 213 4.7%
Financial activities 123 2.7%
Other services 89 2.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $794
Owner-occupied: 5,853
Renter-occupied: 1,643

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,761 votes cast

Republican 8,655 88.7%
Democratic 1,089 11.2%
Other / third-party 17 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 586 3.1%
German 66 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,496
Family households: 5,298; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 4,094
Single-mother households: 330
Veterans: 1,178; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,212 56.9%
Mainline Protestant 570 2.9%
Black Protestant 500 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.4%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Waycross 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: Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 26.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023