Jury Pool Profile

Wheeler County, Georgia

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 7,434
Median household income: $45,262
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,385 59.0%
Black or African American alone 2,859 38.5%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 91 1.2%
Two or more races 89 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 315 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 1,179 15.9%
18–24 1,096 14.7%
25–44 2,244 30.2%
45–64 1,819 24.5%
65 and over 1,096 14.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $159.6M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,426
Establishments: 83

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 190 18.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 163 15.8%
Natural resources & mining 111 10.7%
Public administration 92 8.9%
Financial activities 32 3.1%
Construction 12 1.2%
Unclassified 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $551
Owner-occupied: 1,063
Renter-occupied: 482

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,276 votes cast

Republican 1,648 72.4%
Democratic 622 27.3%
Other / third-party 6 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 248 3.5%
Other 30 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,545
Family households: 967; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 626
Single-mother households: 122
Veterans: 358; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,517 20.3%
Black Protestant 430 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 211 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.5%
With a disability: 9.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Oconee Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Alamo, Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, McRae-Helena, Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 47.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023