White County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,611 88.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,091 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 538 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 165 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,100 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 271 0.9%

• Under 18 5,573 19.3%
• 18–24 2,695 9.4%
• 25–44 5,865 20.4%
• 45–64 7,982 27.7%
• 65 and over 6,695 23.2%

Median household income

$72,270

90% interval $65,567–$78,973

−$7,642 vs GA · 41st of 159

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.2%–13.4%

−2.0 pp vs GA · 132nd of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,122

Establishments

860

• Education & health services 2,369 25.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,968 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,818 19.3%
• Manufacturing 672 7.1%
• Public administration 658 7.0%
• Construction 651 6.9%
• Professional & business services 409 4.3%
• Financial activities 319 3.4%
• Other services 269 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 192 2.0%
• Information 72 0.8%
• Unclassified 26 0.3%

Home ownership

78.8%

+13.1 pp vs GA · 33rd of 159

Median gross rent

$1,032

−$361 vs GA · 45th of 159

Owner-occupied

8,457

Renter-occupied

2,272

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Construction, $71,235/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,329/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 14,136 84.0%
• Democratic 2,609 15.5%
• Other / third-party 80 0.5%

• Spanish 816 3.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 76 0.3%
• Vietnamese 50 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 29 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.0%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

10,729

Family households

7,736

72.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,839

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

403

5.2% of families

Veterans

1,862

8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,222 25.8%
• Mainline Protestant 2,542 9.1%
• Catholic 2,305 8.2%
• Black Protestant 136 0.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.0%

Health insured

88.4%

±2 pp

Uninsured

11.6%

±2 pp

111th of 159

With a disability

16.1%

±1.7 pp

88th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

24.0%

±2.5 pp

−10.9 pp vs GA · 52nd of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.9%

90% interval 15.3%–18.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Enotah 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

Blairsville, Cleveland, Dahlonega, Hiawassee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

17.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4