Stephens County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,765 80.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,068 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,197 8.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 284 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,679 6.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 5,763 21.3%
• 18–24 2,617 9.7%
• 25–44 6,203 23.0%
• 45–64 6,694 24.8%
• 65 and over 5,735 21.2%

Median household income

$58,186

90% interval $54,552–$61,820

−$21,726 vs GA · 82nd of 159

Below poverty line

17.7%

90% interval 14.3%–21.1%

+4.9 pp vs GA · 77th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,177

Establishments

643

• Education & health services 1,971 24.0%
• Manufacturing 1,961 23.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,512 18.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 823 10.0%
• Professional & business services 673 8.2%
• Public administration 445 5.4%
• Construction 302 3.7%
• Financial activities 237 2.9%
• Other services 163 2.0%
• Information 60 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 59 0.7%
• Unclassified 13 0.2%

Home ownership

73.6%

+7.9 pp vs GA · 69th of 159

Median gross rent

$820

−$573 vs GA · 97th of 159

Owner-occupied

7,748

Renter-occupied

2,776

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Information, $78,518/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,286/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 10,632 81.2%
• Democratic 2,404 18.4%
• Other / third-party 63 0.5%

• Spanish 836 3.3%
• German or other West Germanic 140 0.5%
• Chinese 53 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 49 0.2%
• Korean 33 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 28 0.1%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

10,524

Family households

6,739

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,408

20.9% of families

Single-mother families

679

10.1% of families

Veterans

1,736

8.2% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

85.4%

±2 pp

Uninsured

14.6%

±2 pp

48th of 159

With a disability

17.2%

±1.9 pp

71st of 159

Bachelor's or higher

15.1%

±1.8 pp

−19.8 pp vs GA · 114th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.6%–16.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

9.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2