Ware County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,002 61.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,828 5.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,691 29.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 462 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 779 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 48 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 147 0.4%

• Under 18 8,934 24.8%
• 18–24 2,823 7.8%
• 25–44 9,489 26.4%
• 45–64 8,563 23.8%
• 65 and over 6,167 17.1%

Median household income

$47,717

90% interval $42,374–$53,060

−$32,195 vs GA · 134th of 159

Below poverty line

23.6%

90% interval 19.8%–27.4%

+10.8 pp vs GA · 26th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.72 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,683

Establishments

989

• Education & health services 4,291 30.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,504 24.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,783 12.5%
• Public administration 1,118 7.8%
• Manufacturing 1,107 7.8%
• Professional & business services 666 4.7%
• Construction 614 4.3%
• Other services 555 3.9%
• Financial activities 372 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 159 1.1%
• Information 85 0.6%
• Unclassified 20 0.1%

Home ownership

63.1%

−2.6 pp vs GA · 129th of 159

Median gross rent

$789

−$604 vs GA · 113th of 159

Owner-occupied

8,172

Renter-occupied

4,785

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $67,210/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,219/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,279 71.4%
• Democratic 4,068 28.3%
• Other / third-party 45 0.3%

• Spanish 1,237 3.7%
• Tagalog 60 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 40 0.1%
• Chinese 13 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 12 0.0%

Households

12,957

Family households

7,849

60.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,695

21.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,339

17.1% of families

Veterans

1,683

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,415 37.0%
• Black Protestant 3,786 10.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,734 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,564 4.3%
• Catholic 610 1.7%

Health insured

83.2%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

16.8%

±2.1 pp

26th of 159

With a disability

15.8%

±1.6 pp

94th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

14.4%

±2.1 pp

−20.5 pp vs GA · 125th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.0%

90% interval 15.4%–18.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Waycross Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Alma, Blackshear, Douglas, Folkston, Nahunta, Waycross

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

33.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6