Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, Georgia

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 22,524
Median household income: $64,163
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,052 66.8%
Black or African American alone 5,757 25.6%
Asian alone 159 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 77 0.3%
Some other race alone 493 2.2%
Two or more races 986 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,568 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 4,417 19.6%
18–24 1,539 6.8%
25–44 4,723 21.0%
45–64 6,330 28.1%
65 and over 5,515 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $906.0M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,828
Establishments: 624

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,552 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,343 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 688 10.9%
Manufacturing 656 10.4%
Professional & business services 626 9.9%
Public administration 412 6.5%
Construction 410 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 207 3.3%
Financial activities 179 2.8%
Other services 170 2.7%
Information 46 0.7%
Unclassified 21 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.5%
Median gross rent: $1,063
Owner-occupied: 8,364
Renter-occupied: 1,770

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,877 votes cast

Republican 9,136 70.9%
Democratic 3,696 28.7%
Other / third-party 45 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,068 5.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.3%
Slavic languages 56 0.3%
Other 52 0.2%
Other Indo-European 37 0.2%
German 32 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Arabic 9 0.0%
Chinese 7 0.0%
Tagalog 7 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,134
Family households: 6,535; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,138
Single-mother households: 612
Veterans: 1,652; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,654 21.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,490 6.8%
Black Protestant 910 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 276 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Eatonton, Gray, Greensboro, Irwinton, Madison, Milledgeville, Monticello, Sparta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 16.57 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023