Jury Pool Profile

Stewart County, Georgia

Democratic +16 (2024)

Population: 4,978
Median household income: $35,000
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,366 27.4%
Black or African American alone 3,014 60.5%
Asian alone 85 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 367 7.4%
Two or more races 128 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 538 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 591 11.9%
18–24 428 8.6%
25–44 2,071 41.6%
45–64 1,103 22.2%
65 and over 785 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $198.9M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,378
Establishments: 90

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 853 50.8%
Public administration 202 12.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 110 6.6%
Natural resources & mining 47 2.8%
Leisure & hospitality 20 1.2%
Other services 15 0.9%
Financial activities 12 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.4%
Median gross rent: $588
Owner-occupied: 1,025
Renter-occupied: 731

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,028 votes cast

Democratic 1,177 58.0%
Republican 847 41.8%
Other / third-party 4 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 530 10.8%
Other 106 2.2%
Other Indo-European 58 1.2%
Chinese 37 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.2%
Slavic languages 4 0.1%
Korean 4 0.1%
German 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,756
Family households: 1,049; 59.7% of households
Married w/ children: 524
Single-mother households: 162
Veterans: 373; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.6% overall adherence rate

Black Protestant 984 18.5%
Evangelical Protestant 654 12.3%
Mainline Protestant 171 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 81 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.0%
With a disability: 27.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southwestern 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: Americus, Ellaville, Leesburg, Lumpkin, Oglethorpe, Preston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 45.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023