Jury Pool Profile

Walker County, Georgia

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 68,449
Median household income: $55,887
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,967 90.5%
Black or African American alone 2,994 4.4%
Asian alone 411 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 117 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 454 0.7%
Two or more races 2,492 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,855 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 14,648 21.4%
18–24 5,406 7.9%
25–44 16,991 24.8%
45–64 18,338 26.8%
65 and over 13,066 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,778
Establishments: 915

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,084 34.1%
Education & health services 2,800 18.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,097 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,198 8.0%
Financial activities 1,131 7.6%
Public administration 975 6.5%
Professional & business services 592 4.0%
Construction 581 3.9%
Other services 335 2.2%
Information 75 0.5%
Unclassified 40 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 14 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $867
Owner-occupied: 19,808
Renter-occupied: 6,373

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,086 votes cast

Republican 25,462 79.4%
Democratic 6,436 20.1%
Other / third-party 188 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 867 1.3%
Korean 197 0.3%
Other 130 0.2%
German 60 0.1%
Other Indo-European 54 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.0%
Slavic languages 24 0.0%
Arabic 21 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,181
Family households: 17,794; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 13,105
Single-mother households: 1,471
Veterans: 3,674; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 30,812 45.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,749 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,614 2.4%
Black Protestant 842 1.2%
Catholic 686 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: LaFayette, Ringgold, Summerville, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 22.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023