Jury Pool Profile
Rabun County, Georgia
- County seat
- Clayton
- Judicial district
- Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 17,764
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 17,312.
At a glance
Rabun County is a 17,764-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $72,231, $7,681 below the GA state median of $79,912; 31.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.5% of covered employment, average pay $43,232/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 79% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 17,312
- Median household income
- $67,493
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 1%.
Rabun County has a population of 17,312, with a median age of 50.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.2%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 8.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,231; 31.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 1,340 jobs; Leisure & hospitality, 1,183, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.5% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 20.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Rabun County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.2% in 2024, 78.1% in 2020, 79.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (1,261 individuals).