Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Georgia

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 25,598
Median household income: $65,697
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,925 93.5%
Black or African American alone 225 0.9%
Asian alone 44 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 261 1.0%
Two or more races 1,069 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 920 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55.9

Under 18 3,920 15.3%
18–24 1,493 5.8%
25–44 4,379 17.1%
45–64 7,133 27.9%
65 and over 8,673 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,683
Establishments: 770

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,313 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,826 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 924 11.7%
Professional & business services 665 8.5%
Public administration 540 6.9%
Manufacturing 523 6.6%
Construction 410 5.2%
Financial activities 243 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 185 2.4%
Other services 162 2.1%
Information 50 0.6%
Unclassified 27 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.7%
Median gross rent: $842
Owner-occupied: 9,107
Renter-occupied: 1,905

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,880 votes cast

Republican 14,477 81.0%
Democratic 3,309 18.5%
Other / third-party 94 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 624 2.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 60 0.2%
German 60 0.2%
Slavic languages 52 0.2%
Tagalog 40 0.2%
Arabic 30 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
Other 11 0.0%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,012
Family households: 7,588; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,596
Single-mother households: 298
Veterans: 2,472; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,242 37.5%
Catholic 3,800 15.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,049 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 824 3.3%
Black Protestant 150 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 21.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

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; 27.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023