Jury Pool Profile

Upson County, Georgia

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 27,856
Median household income: $50,904
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,851 67.7%
Black or African American alone 7,382 26.5%
Asian alone 105 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.1%
Some other race alone 237 0.9%
Two or more races 1,190 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 702 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 6,426 23.1%
18–24 2,219 8.0%
25–44 6,843 24.6%
45–64 7,252 26.0%
65 and over 5,116 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $976.4M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,658
Establishments: 524

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,229 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,439 19.9%
Manufacturing 1,002 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 806 11.1%
Public administration 505 7.0%
Other services 449 6.2%
Professional & business services 336 4.6%
Construction 209 2.9%
Financial activities 180 2.5%
Information 56 0.8%
Unclassified 16 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.7%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 6,507
Renter-occupied: 3,870

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,662 votes cast

Republican 9,528 69.7%
Democratic 4,098 30.0%
Other / third-party 36 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 400 1.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 98 0.4%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,377
Family households: 6,592; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,533
Single-mother households: 850
Veterans: 1,735; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,950 46.8%
Black Protestant 1,334 4.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,047 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 754 2.7%
Catholic 355 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Fayetteville, Griffin, Thomaston, Zebulon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 23.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023