Jury Pool Profile

Towns County, Georgia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 12,739
Median household income: $58,400
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,916 93.5%
Black or African American alone 213 1.7%
Asian alone 5 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 54 0.4%
Two or more races 514 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 419 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56.9

Under 18 1,595 12.5%
18–24 1,365 10.7%
25–44 1,908 15.0%
45–64 3,245 25.5%
65 and over 4,626 36.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $600.7M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,811
Establishments: 370

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 940 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 754 22.2%
Leisure & hospitality 627 18.5%
Construction 239 7.0%
Public administration 212 6.2%
Professional & business services 165 4.9%
Financial activities 162 4.8%
Information 53 1.6%
Other services 23 0.7%
Unclassified 10 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $822
Owner-occupied: 4,657
Renter-occupied: 1,162

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,838 votes cast

Republican 7,155 81.0%
Democratic 1,649 18.7%
Other / third-party 34 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 247 2.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.3%
German 24 0.2%
Other Indo-European 21 0.2%
Other 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,819
Family households: 3,884; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,213
Single-mother households: 123
Veterans: 1,084; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,164 41.3%
Mainline Protestant 710 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 292 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Enotah 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: Blairsville, Cleveland, Dahlonega, Hiawassee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 53.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023