Jury Pool Profile

Spalding County, Georgia

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 68,215
Median household income: $60,217
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,826 56.9%
Black or African American alone 24,149 35.4%
Asian alone 496 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 116 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 33 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,100 1.6%
Two or more races 3,495 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,943 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 15,956 23.4%
18–24 5,357 7.9%
25–44 17,435 25.6%
45–64 16,670 24.4%
65 and over 12,797 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,873
Establishments: 1,503

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,887 33.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,449 19.0%
Manufacturing 3,104 13.2%
Professional & business services 2,731 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,094 8.9%
Public administration 1,373 5.8%
Construction 717 3.1%
Financial activities 492 2.1%
Other services 465 2.0%
Information 95 0.4%
Unclassified 39 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 30 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.7%
Median gross rent: $1,053
Owner-occupied: 16,916
Renter-occupied: 9,619

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,038 votes cast

Republican 19,184 58.1%
Democratic 13,679 41.4%
Other / third-party 175 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,172 5.0%
Korean 235 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 130 0.2%
Other Indo-European 116 0.2%
German 114 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 79 0.1%
Slavic languages 46 0.1%
Other 32 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,535
Family households: 17,370; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 11,030
Single-mother households: 2,328
Veterans: 4,497; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 27,965 41.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,704 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 5,072 7.5%
Catholic 1,630 2.4%
Black Protestant 718 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Fayetteville, Griffin, Thomaston, Zebulon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 30.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023