Spalding County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,779 53.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,229 6.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24,653 35.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 663 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,086 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 439 0.6%

• Under 18 16,132 23.4%
• 18–24 5,413 7.9%
• 25–44 17,561 25.5%
• 45–64 16,625 24.1%
• 65 and over 13,161 19.1%

Median household income

$62,732

90% interval $57,715–$67,749

−$17,180 vs GA · 65th of 159

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 13.0%–19.8%

+3.6 pp vs GA · 88th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,770

Establishments

1,499

• Education & health services 8,150 34.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,748 20.2%
• Manufacturing 2,951 12.5%
• Professional & business services 2,368 10.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,106 8.9%
• Public administration 1,402 6.0%
• Construction 700 3.0%
• Financial activities 517 2.2%
• Other services 459 2.0%
• Information 60 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 43 0.2%
• Unclassified 28 0.1%

Home ownership

62.7%

−3.0 pp vs GA · 131st of 159

Median gross rent

$1,113

−$280 vs GA · 37th of 159

Owner-occupied

16,610

Renter-occupied

9,861

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $71,340/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,785/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 3,546 5.5%
• Korean 225 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 102 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 67 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Tagalog 32 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

26,471

Family households

17,514

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,955

16.9% of families

Single-mother families

2,457

14.0% of families

Veterans

4,495

8.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

86.7%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

13.3%

±1.4 pp

75th of 159

With a disability

13.9%

±1.3 pp

120th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±1.6 pp

−16.4 pp vs GA · 82nd of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.7%–16.5% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

24.64 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13