Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Georgia

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 43,365
Median household income: $55,308
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,749 75.5%
Black or African American alone 5,179 11.9%
Asian alone 444 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 208 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,741 4.0%
Two or more races 3,044 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,843 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 10,994 25.4%
18–24 3,510 8.1%
25–44 11,079 25.5%
45–64 11,055 25.5%
65 and over 6,727 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,735
Establishments: 817

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,765 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,601 23.3%
Education & health services 2,225 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,329 11.9%
Public administration 666 6.0%
Construction 468 4.2%
Professional & business services 407 3.7%
Other services 335 3.0%
Financial activities 203 1.8%
Information 79 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 54 0.5%
Unclassified 16 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.5%
Median gross rent: $870
Owner-occupied: 10,053
Renter-occupied: 5,535

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,171 votes cast

Republican 15,352 80.1%
Democratic 3,749 19.6%
Other / third-party 70 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,097 10.1%
Other Indo-European 499 1.2%
German 61 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.1%
Other 38 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,588
Family households: 11,098; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,784
Single-mother households: 1,318
Veterans: 1,722; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,063 42.2%
Catholic 5,090 11.9%
Black Protestant 1,802 4.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,310 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 962 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.0%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Tallapoosa 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: Buchanan, Cedartown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 37.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023