Jury Pool Profile

Thomas County, Georgia

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 45,696
Median household income: $60,140
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,633 58.3%
Black or African American alone 16,377 35.8%
Asian alone 395 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 150 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.0%
Some other race alone 521 1.1%
Two or more races 1,604 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,730 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 10,893 23.8%
18–24 3,603 7.9%
25–44 11,070 24.2%
45–64 11,643 25.5%
65 and over 8,487 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.2B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,040
Establishments: 1,737

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,444 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,217 15.4%
Manufacturing 2,799 13.4%
Professional & business services 2,138 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,085 10.0%
Public administration 1,162 5.5%
Financial activities 1,145 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 722 3.4%
Other services 541 2.6%
Construction 538 2.6%
Information 131 0.6%
Unclassified 31 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.9%
Median gross rent: $996
Owner-occupied: 11,373
Renter-occupied: 6,996

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,080 votes cast

Republican 13,670 61.9%
Democratic 8,347 37.8%
Other / third-party 63 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,173 2.7%
Other Indo-European 199 0.5%
Other 148 0.3%
German 69 0.2%
Korean 67 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 58 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 43 0.1%
Chinese 39 0.1%
Vietnamese 18 0.0%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,369
Family households: 11,726; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 8,038
Single-mother households: 1,803
Veterans: 2,442; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,173 41.9%
Black Protestant 5,506 12.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,688 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 666 1.5%
Catholic 612 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Moultrie, Quitman, Statenville, Thomasville, Valdosta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 31.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023