Rockdale County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,840 24.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,369 10.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 54,752 57.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,502 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,074 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 700 0.7%

• Under 18 22,585 23.7%
• 18–24 8,584 9.0%
• 25–44 23,020 24.2%
• 45–64 26,024 27.3%
• 65 and over 15,068 15.8%

Median household income

$76,560

90% interval $71,992–$81,128

−$3,352 vs GA · 33rd of 159

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 8.9%–14.7%

−1.0 pp vs GA · 124th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.55 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.9B

0.67% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,200

Establishments

2,564

• Education & health services 7,435 21.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,071 20.3%
• Manufacturing 5,423 15.6%
• Construction 3,652 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,487 10.0%
• Professional & business services 3,195 9.2%
• Public administration 1,793 5.1%
• Financial activities 1,247 3.6%
• Other services 941 2.7%
• Information 493 1.4%
• Unclassified 57 0.2%
• Natural resources & mining 26 0.1%

Home ownership

69.6%

+3.9 pp vs GA · 93rd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,525

+$132 vs GA · 13th of 159

Owner-occupied

23,964

Renter-occupied

10,473

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $106,401/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,362/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 33,165 73.4%
• Republican 11,711 25.9%
• Other / third-party 284 0.6%

• Spanish 7,577 8.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 444 0.5%
• Korean 283 0.3%
• Vietnamese 216 0.2%
• Tagalog 131 0.1%
• Chinese 111 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 100 0.1%
• Arabic 68 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 56 0.1%

Households

34,437

Family households

24,074

69.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,888

20.3% of families

Single-mother families

3,234

13.4% of families

Veterans

6,256

8.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 28,730 30.7%
• Catholic 9,258 9.9%
• Mainline Protestant 4,007 4.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,005 4.3%
• Black Protestant 482 0.5%

Health insured

86.9%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

13.1%

±1.3 pp

79th of 159

With a disability

12.2%

±1.1 pp

138th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

32.4%

±2.2 pp

−2.5 pp vs GA · 21st of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.3%

90% interval 13.0%–15.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Rockdale Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Conyers

Traffic fatalities

14

19.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13