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Twiggs County, Georgia

Republican +14.7 (2024)
County seat
Jeffersonville
Judicial district
Dublin Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
7,597
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,803.

At a glance

Twiggs County is a 7,597-person venue. The county population is 55% White and 39% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $51,965, $27,947 below the GA state median of $79,912; 10.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 50.9% of covered employment, average pay $40,747/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 57% of the vote across the three.

Population
7,803
Median household income
$56,324
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 55% / 39%.

Twiggs County has a population of 7,803, with a median age of 48.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.0%; Black residents 39.4%. Independently, 1.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $51,965; 10.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 4,277 54.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88 1.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,075 39.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 76 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 216 2.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 33 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 38 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 48.1

  • Under 18 1,467 18.8%
  • 18–24 379 4.9%
  • 25–44 1,813 23.2%
  • 45–64 2,228 28.6%
  • 65 and over 1,916 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$51,965
90% interval $45,747–$58,183
−$27,947 vs GA · 109th of 159
Below poverty line
20.1%
90% interval 15.2%–25.0%
+7.3 pp vs GA · 59th of 159

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 51% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 50.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 16.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.48%, above the Georgia state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
+1.03 pp vs. state
County GDP
$331.5M
0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay
$45,224
Establishments
116

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 916 50.9%
  • Education & health services 295 16.4%
  • Public administration 273 15.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 151 8.4%
  • Professional & business services 57 3.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 36 2.0%
  • Other services 25 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 97.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
88.2%
+22.5 pp vs GA · 2nd of 159
Median gross rent
$808
−$585 vs GA · 104th of 159
Owner-occupied
2,546
Renter-occupied
342

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 82% 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 2.0× the lowest ($79,926 vs $40,747/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Twiggs County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.2% in 2024, 53.3% in 2020, 50.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,456 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201650.2%48.6%
202053.3%46.0%
202457.2%42.5%
  • Republican 2,549 57.2%
  • Democratic 1,895 42.5%
  • Other / third-party 12 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 10.9% of the adult civilian population (688 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 67 0.9%
  • Chinese 42 0.6%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,888
Family households
1,887
65.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
288
15.3% of families
Single-mother families
83
4.4% of families
Veterans
688
10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,738 34.1%
  • Black Protestant 596 7.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 92 1.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
85.4%
±3.3 pp
Uninsured
14.6%
±3.3 pp
49th of 159
With a disability
22.5%
±3 pp
10th of 159
Bachelor's or higher
10.5%
±3.1 pp
−24.4 pp vs GA · 149th of 159
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.5%
90% interval 12.9%–16.1% · 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
Dublin 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
Dublin, Jeffersonville, Soperton, Wrightsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Twiggs totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
15.78 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Twiggs 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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