Jury Pool Profile

Wilcox County, Georgia

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 8,784
Median household income: $48,036
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,383 61.3%
Black or African American alone 2,943 33.5%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 127 1.4%
Two or more races 326 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 322 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 1,640 18.7%
18–24 773 8.8%
25–44 2,440 27.8%
45–64 2,222 25.3%
65 and over 1,709 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $218.6M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,801
Establishments: 114

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 369 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 298 25.4%
Public administration 275 23.4%
Professional & business services 74 6.3%
Financial activities 64 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 44 3.8%
Construction 14 1.2%
Manufacturing 6 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.0%
Median gross rent: $612
Owner-occupied: 1,828
Renter-occupied: 676

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,347 votes cast

Republican 2,493 74.5%
Democratic 847 25.3%
Other / third-party 7 0.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 228 2.7%
Other 18 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
German 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,504
Family households: 1,662; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,120
Single-mother households: 171
Veterans: 311; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,786 43.2%
Black Protestant 228 2.6%
Mainline Protestant 222 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.4%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Cordele 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: Abbeville, Cordele, Fitzgerald, Vienna

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 69.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023