Jury Pool Profile

White County, Georgia

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 28,454
Median household income: $69,747
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,797 90.7%
Black or African American alone 583 2.0%
Asian alone 188 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 35 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 600 2.1%
Two or more races 1,251 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 992 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 5,490 19.3%
18–24 2,806 9.9%
25–44 5,782 20.3%
45–64 7,856 27.6%
65 and over 6,520 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,185
Establishments: 846

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,279 24.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,982 20.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,789 18.9%
Manufacturing 737 7.8%
Construction 734 7.7%
Public administration 667 7.0%
Professional & business services 395 4.2%
Financial activities 313 3.3%
Other services 273 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 217 2.3%
Information 72 0.8%
Unclassified 27 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $1,015
Owner-occupied: 8,107
Renter-occupied: 2,315

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,825 votes cast

Republican 14,136 84.0%
Democratic 2,609 15.5%
Other / third-party 80 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 670 2.5%
German 103 0.4%
Vietnamese 96 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 91 0.3%
Other Indo-European 79 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 32 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,422
Family households: 7,685; 73.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,208
Single-mother households: 579
Veterans: 1,912; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 30.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023