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Pulaski County, Georgia

Republican +40.5 (2024)
County seat
Hawkinsville
Judicial district
Oconee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
10,172
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,939.

At a glance

Pulaski County is a 10,172-person venue. The county population is 62% White and 31% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,495, $27,417 below the GA state median of $79,912; 14.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 43.1% of covered employment, average pay $52,167/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.44%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 68% to 70% of the vote across the three.

Population
9,939
Median household income
$50,406
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 62% / 31%.

Pulaski County has a population of 9,939, with a median age of 45.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 61.5%; Black residents 30.9%. Independently, 5.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $52,495; 14.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 6,096 61.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 565 5.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,043 30.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 84 0.8%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 148 1.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

  • Under 18 1,735 17.5%
  • 18–24 567 5.7%
  • 25–44 2,649 26.7%
  • 45–64 2,680 27.0%
  • 65 and over 2,308 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$52,495
90% interval $47,658–$57,332
−$27,417 vs GA · 105th of 159
Below poverty line
21.2%
90% interval 16.1%–26.3%
+8.4 pp vs GA · 50th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 43% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 43.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.44%, below the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
−0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP
$374.9M
0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay
$48,323
Establishments
227

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,241 43.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 549 19.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 277 9.6%
  • Public administration 243 8.4%
  • Manufacturing 145 5.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 129 4.5%
  • Construction 121 4.2%
  • Professional & business services 83 2.9%
  • Financial activities 53 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 98.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
70.8%
+5.1 pp vs GA · 86th of 159
Median gross rent
$883
−$510 vs GA · 79th of 159
Owner-occupied
2,530
Renter-occupied
1,045

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $70,529/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,377/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Pulaski County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.0% in 2024, 69.0% in 2020, 67.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,336 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.7%30.7%
202069.0%30.1%
202470.0%29.5%
  • Republican 3,036 70.0%
  • Democratic 1,281 29.5%
  • Other / third-party 19 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 12.4% of the adult civilian population (1,014 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 426 4.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 45 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,575
Family households
2,215
62.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
423
19.1% of families
Single-mother families
385
17.4% of families
Veterans
1,014
12.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

50.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,579 36.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 654 6.6%
  • Black Protestant 552 5.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 206 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.3%
±3.4 pp
Uninsured
9.7%
±3.4 pp
137th of 159
With a disability
23.0%
±3.7 pp
7th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
14.5%
±2.8 pp
−20.4 pp vs GA · 123rd of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
18.3%
90% interval 16.5%–20.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Oconee 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
Alamo, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, McRae-Helena, Mount Vernon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pulaski totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
12.19 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Pulaski County, Georgia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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