Jury Pool Profile

Rabun County, Georgia

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 17,107
Median household income: $61,466
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,134 88.5%
Black or African American alone 156 0.9%
Asian alone 136 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 463 2.7%
Two or more races 1,208 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,481 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.9

Under 18 2,790 16.3%
18–24 1,132 6.6%
25–44 3,548 20.7%
45–64 4,770 27.9%
65 and over 4,867 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $851.9M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,641
Establishments: 622

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,325 23.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,191 20.7%
Education & health services 1,180 20.5%
Construction 438 7.6%
Public administration 403 7.0%
Manufacturing 342 5.9%
Other services 285 4.9%
Professional & business services 270 4.7%
Financial activities 160 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 118 2.0%
Information 30 0.5%
Unclassified 16 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $1,016
Owner-occupied: 5,504
Renter-occupied: 1,609

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,423 votes cast

Republican 8,151 78.2%
Democratic 2,222 21.3%
Other / third-party 50 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,151 7.0%
Other Indo-European 233 1.4%
German 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,113
Family households: 4,772; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,920
Single-mother households: 343
Veterans: 1,197; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,745 45.9%
Catholic 1,649 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,550 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 267 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.4%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Mountain 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: Clarkesville, Clayton, Homer, Toccoa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 27.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023