Jury Pool Profile

Terrell County, Georgia

Democratic +4 (2024)

Population: 8,941
Median household income: $43,812
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,252 36.4%
Black or African American alone 5,352 59.9%
Asian alone 108 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 165 1.8%
Two or more races 63 0.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 219 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 2,036 22.8%
18–24 730 8.2%
25–44 2,121 23.7%
45–64 2,235 25.0%
65 and over 1,819 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +1.94 pp vs. state
County GDP: $316.7M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,769
Establishments: 227

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 711 33.3%
Education & health services 472 22.1%
Public administration 245 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 178 8.3%
Financial activities 138 6.5%
Natural resources & mining 130 6.1%
Manufacturing 92 4.3%
Construction 83 3.9%
Professional & business services 36 1.7%
Other services 31 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.5%
Median gross rent: $727
Owner-occupied: 1,895
Renter-occupied: 1,460

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,341 votes cast

Democratic 2,253 51.9%
Republican 2,075 47.8%
Other / third-party 13 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 228 2.7%
German 30 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.2%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Other 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,355
Family households: 2,279; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,255
Single-mother households: 401
Veterans: 477; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,713 29.5%
Black Protestant 774 8.4%
Mainline Protestant 480 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 457 5.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.4%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Pataula 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: Blakely, Colquitt, Cuthbert, Dawson, Donalsonville, Fort Gaines, Georgetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 43.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023