Jury Pool Profile
Whitfield County, Georgia
- County seat
- Dalton
- Judicial district
- Conasauga Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 106,212
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 103,598.
At a glance
Whitfield County is a 106,212-person venue. The county population is 65% White (Census race-alone categories). 37% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 55.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $67,190, $12,722 below the GA state median of $79,912; 20.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 31.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 32.0% of covered employment, average pay $55,720/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.78%, above the 3.45% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 70% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 103,598
- Median household income
- $67,070
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 65% / 3%.
Whitfield County has a population of 103,598, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.6%; Black residents 3.5%. Independently, 37.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $67,190; 20.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 32% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 32.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.78%, above the Georgia state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 71%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Whitfield County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.9% in 2024, 69.7% in 2020, 70.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 31.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
31.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (3,484 individuals).