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Jury Pool Profile

Randolph County, Georgia

Democratic +7.6 (2024)
County seat
Cuthbert
Judicial district
Pataula Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
6,156
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 6,196.

At a glance

Randolph County is a 6,156-person venue. The county population is 27% White and 67% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $41,224, $38,688 below the GA state median of $79,912; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.8% of covered employment, average pay $38,983/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.79%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 54% to 55% of the vote across the three.

Population
6,196
Median household income
$28,380
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority Black

≥50% Black (Census race-alone). This county: 67%.

Randolph County has a population of 6,196, with a median age of 34.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 27.0%; Black residents 67.4%. Independently, 4.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $41,224; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 25.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 1,659 26.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 261 4.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,174 67.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 84 1.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 13 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 34.9

  • Under 18 1,675 27.0%
  • 18–24 409 6.6%
  • 25–44 1,502 24.2%
  • 45–64 1,236 19.9%
  • 65 and over 1,374 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$41,224
90% interval $36,873–$45,575
−$38,688 vs GA · 157th of 159
Below poverty line
25.9%
90% interval 19.4%–32.4%
+13.1 pp vs GA · 14th 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 32% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.79%, above the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
+0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP
$227.8M
0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay
$43,988
Establishments
160

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 528 31.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 338 20.4%
  • Public administration 158 9.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 143 8.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 69 4.2%
  • Financial activities 50 3.0%
  • Professional & business services 50 3.0%
  • Information 16 1.0%
  • Other services 13 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 82.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
51.5%
−14.2 pp vs GA · 152nd of 159
Median gross rent
$606
−$787 vs GA · 153rd of 159
Owner-occupied
1,385
Renter-occupied
1,303

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $54,645/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,735/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 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 Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Randolph County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 53.5% in 2024, 54.4% in 2020, 55.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,990 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201643.9%55.2%
202045.2%54.4%
202445.9%53.5%
  • Democratic 1,601 53.5%
  • Republican 1,373 45.9%
  • Other / third-party 16 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 53% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 3.8% of the adult civilian population (171 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 21 0.4%
  • Chinese 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,688
Family households
1,438
53.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
148
10.3% of families
Single-mother families
440
30.6% of families
Veterans
171
3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,710 42.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 254 4.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 201 3.1%
  • Black Protestant 76 1.2%
  • Catholic 50 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.0%
±3.6 pp
Uninsured
8.0%
±3.6 pp
151st of 159
With a disability
18.0%
±4.7 pp
51st of 159
Bachelor's or higher
16.4%
±5.8 pp
−18.5 pp vs GA · 97th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.8%
90% interval 13.1%–16.5% · 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
Pataula Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
2 (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
Blakely, Colquitt, Cuthbert, Dawson, Donalsonville, Fort Gaines, Georgetown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Randolph totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
2
44.24 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Randolph 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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