Jury Pool Profile

Sumter County, Georgia

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 29,174
Median household income: $41,877
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,088 41.4%
Black or African American alone 14,534 49.8%
Asian alone 393 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 48 0.2%
Some other race alone 296 1.0%
Two or more races 1,761 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,799 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37

Under 18 6,569 22.5%
18–24 4,171 14.3%
25–44 6,506 22.3%
45–64 6,892 23.6%
65 and over 5,036 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,522
Establishments: 728

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,211 32.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,064 20.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,051 10.6%
Manufacturing 956 9.7%
Professional & business services 769 7.8%
Public administration 644 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 482 4.9%
Financial activities 275 2.8%
Construction 231 2.3%
Other services 132 1.3%
Information 63 0.6%
Unclassified 22 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.0%
Median gross rent: $847
Owner-occupied: 5,961
Renter-occupied: 4,887

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,049 votes cast

Democratic 6,136 50.9%
Republican 5,869 48.7%
Other / third-party 44 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,167 4.2%
Other 143 0.5%
Other Indo-European 127 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 113 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.2%
German 33 0.1%
Chinese 29 0.1%
Vietnamese 12 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,848
Family households: 6,521; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,938
Single-mother households: 1,084
Veterans: 1,286; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,989 30.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,608 8.8%
Black Protestant 2,352 7.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 965 3.3%
Catholic 468 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 12.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

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: 3; 13.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023