Jury Pool Profile

Ware County, Georgia

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 35,958
Median household income: $44,833
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,336 62.1%
Black or African American alone 10,748 29.9%
Asian alone 430 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 111 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.1%
Some other race alone 531 1.5%
Two or more races 1,783 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,711 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 8,951 24.9%
18–24 2,745 7.6%
25–44 9,419 26.2%
45–64 8,702 24.2%
65 and over 6,141 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,107
Establishments: 1,009

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,288 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,601 24.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,787 12.2%
Manufacturing 1,150 7.9%
Public administration 1,118 7.7%
Construction 709 4.9%
Professional & business services 674 4.6%
Other services 621 4.3%
Financial activities 375 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 169 1.2%
Information 88 0.6%
Unclassified 18 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.5%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 7,911
Renter-occupied: 4,955

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,392 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 985 2.9%
Other Indo-European 162 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 154 0.5%
Tagalog 59 0.2%
Arabic 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.1%
Chinese 26 0.1%
German 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,866
Family households: 7,708; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,856
Single-mother households: 1,360
Veterans: 1,659; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.7%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 25.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023