Jury Pool Profile

Richmond County, Georgia

Democratic +36 (2024)

Population: 206,040
Median household income: $53,197
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,749 33.4%
Black or African American alone 115,506 56.1%
Asian alone 3,687 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 251 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 372 0.2%
Some other race alone 5,171 2.5%
Two or more races 12,304 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,627 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35

Under 18 47,455 23.0%
18–24 22,448 10.9%
25–44 58,278 28.3%
45–64 47,195 22.9%
65 and over 30,664 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.8B; 1.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,481
Establishments: 5,155

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 35,246 33.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,557 15.9%
Professional & business services 13,950 13.4%
Leisure & hospitality 12,376 11.9%
Manufacturing 8,223 7.9%
Public administration 7,394 7.1%
Construction 3,171 3.0%
Other services 3,154 3.0%
Financial activities 2,862 2.7%
Information 1,055 1.0%
Unclassified 114 0.1%
Natural resources & mining 106 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 51.4%
Median gross rent: $1,087
Owner-occupied: 38,575
Renter-occupied: 36,448

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 83,578 votes cast

Democratic 56,657 67.8%
Republican 26,472 31.7%
Other / third-party 449 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,042 3.7%
Other Indo-European 1,276 0.7%
German 849 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 681 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 678 0.4%
Korean 666 0.3%
Chinese 601 0.3%
Other 502 0.3%
Tagalog 464 0.2%
Arabic 326 0.2%
Vietnamese 175 0.1%
Slavic languages 128 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 75,023
Family households: 43,990; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 23,315
Single-mother households: 10,232
Veterans: 17,333; 11.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 48,712 23.6%
Black Protestant 25,555 12.4%
Mainline Protestant 15,048 7.3%
Catholic 10,365 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,042 4.4%
Orthodox 424 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.4%
With a disability: 19.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Augusta 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: Augusta, Waynesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 51; 32.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 48

NHTSA FARS 2023