Jury Pool Profile

Turner County, Georgia

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 8,915
Median household income: $39,565
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,983 55.9%
Black or African American alone 3,356 37.6%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 265 3.0%
Two or more races 298 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 415 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 2,269 25.5%
18–24 538 6.0%
25–44 2,265 25.4%
45–64 2,123 23.8%
65 and over 1,720 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $281.4M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,479
Establishments: 200

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 487 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 473 24.5%
Public administration 296 15.3%
Manufacturing 239 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 168 8.7%
Natural resources & mining 84 4.4%
Financial activities 79 4.1%
Professional & business services 64 3.3%
Other services 19 1.0%
Construction 14 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.9%
Median gross rent: $655
Owner-occupied: 2,109
Renter-occupied: 1,189

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,833 votes cast

Republican 2,457 64.1%
Democratic 1,365 35.6%
Other / third-party 11 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 386 4.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 84 1.0%
German 6 0.1%
Other 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,298
Family households: 2,083; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,299
Single-mother households: 302
Veterans: 456; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,060 56.2%
Mainline Protestant 363 4.0%
Black Protestant 278 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Tifton 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: Ashburn, Ocilla, Sylvester, Tifton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 45.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023