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Taliaferro County, Georgia

Democratic +15.0 (2024)
County seat
Crawfordville
Judicial district
Toombs Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
1,662
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,558.

At a glance

Taliaferro County is a 1,662-person venue. The county population is 42% White and 46% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $44,934, $34,978 below the GA state median of $79,912; 12.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 44.3% of covered employment, average pay $29,605/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.81%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 61% of the vote across the three.

Population
1,558
Median household income
$52,500
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 42%; Black: 46%.

Taliaferro County has a population of 1,558, with a median age of 47.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 42.2%; Black residents 45.9%. Independently, 4.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $44,934; 12.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 23.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 614 39.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68 4.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 715 45.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 1 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 113 7.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.3%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 42 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

  • Under 18 291 18.7%
  • 18–24 117 7.5%
  • 25–44 357 22.9%
  • 45–64 334 21.4%
  • 65 and over 459 29.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$44,934
90% interval $39,723–$50,145
−$34,978 vs GA · 147th of 159
Below poverty line
23.4%
90% interval 17.4%–29.4%
+10.6 pp vs GA · 29th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Government anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 44% of covered jobs.

Public administration is the largest employment sector at 44.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 32.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.81%, above the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
+0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP
$44.9M
0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay
$36,730
Establishments
26

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 85 44.3%
  • Education & health services 63 32.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 29 15.1%
  • Other services 3 1.6%
  • Unclassified 2 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 94.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.1%
+16.4 pp vs GA · 13th of 159
Median gross rent
$638
−$755 vs GA · 148th of 159
Owner-occupied
483
Renter-occupied
105

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 92% 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.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 1.4× the lowest ($40,364 vs $29,605/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 60%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Taliaferro County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.4% in 2024, 60.5% in 2020, 60.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 884 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201638.9%60.8%
202038.8%60.5%
202442.4%57.4%
  • Democratic 507 57.4%
  • Republican 375 42.4%
  • Other / third-party 2 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (101 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 33 2.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 12 0.8%
  • Vietnamese 3 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.1%
  • Korean 1 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
588
Family households
402
68.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
49
12.2% of families
Single-mother families
15
3.7% of families
Veterans
101
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

29.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 301 19.3%
  • Black Protestant 152 9.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 10 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.4%
±7.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability
21.1%
±6.8 pp
16th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
12.0%
±3.1 pp
−22.9 pp vs GA · 144th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
12.4%
90% interval 10.7%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Toombs Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges
2 (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
Crawfordville, Gibson, Lincolnton, Thomson, Warrenton, Washington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Taliaferro totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
2
157.85 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Taliaferro County, Georgia to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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