Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Georgia

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 30,519
Median household income: $49,562
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,987 72.0%
Black or African American alone 6,076 19.9%
Asian alone 320 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 956 3.1%
Two or more races 1,146 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,857 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 7,426 24.3%
18–24 2,566 8.4%
25–44 7,862 25.8%
45–64 7,697 25.2%
65 and over 4,968 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,870
Establishments: 685

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,048 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,942 21.9%
Manufacturing 1,479 16.7%
Public administration 844 9.5%
Construction 821 9.3%
Leisure & hospitality 780 8.8%
Professional & business services 434 4.9%
Financial activities 210 2.4%
Other services 165 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 72 0.8%
Information 55 0.6%
Unclassified 16 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.9%
Median gross rent: $839
Owner-occupied: 7,280
Renter-occupied: 3,765

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,561 votes cast

Republican 10,811 79.7%
Democratic 2,708 20.0%
Other / third-party 42 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,074 3.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 245 0.9%
Korean 32 0.1%
Other 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 21 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.0%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,045
Family households: 7,596; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,930
Single-mother households: 1,115
Veterans: 1,480; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 17,074 56.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,064 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 931 3.1%
Black Protestant 450 1.5%
Catholic 312 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.2%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Brunswick 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: Baxley, Brunswick, Hazlehurst, Jesup, Woodbine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 38.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023