Jury Pool Profile

Stephens County, Georgia

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 26,842
Median household income: $52,264
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,823 81.3%
Black or African American alone 2,857 10.6%
Asian alone 279 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 91 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.2%
Some other race alone 694 2.6%
Two or more races 1,049 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 987 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 5,938 22.1%
18–24 2,536 9.4%
25–44 6,008 22.4%
45–64 6,846 25.5%
65 and over 5,514 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,830
Establishments: 636

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,110 24.7%
Education & health services 1,996 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,572 18.4%
Leisure & hospitality 833 9.8%
Professional & business services 629 7.4%
Public administration 446 5.2%
Construction 290 3.4%
Financial activities 234 2.7%
Information 189 2.2%
Other services 163 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 71 0.8%
Unclassified 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $817
Owner-occupied: 7,411
Renter-occupied: 2,865

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,099 votes cast

Republican 10,632 81.2%
Democratic 2,404 18.4%
Other / third-party 63 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 675 2.7%
Other Indo-European 206 0.8%
German 139 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 50 0.2%
Chinese 39 0.2%
Korean 34 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
Other 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,276
Family households: 6,823; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,690
Single-mother households: 623
Veterans: 1,817; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,531 46.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,140 4.3%
Catholic 866 3.2%
Black Protestant 702 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 189 0.7%
Orthodox 68 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.5%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Clarkesville, Clayton, Homer, Toccoa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 38.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023