Jury Pool Profile

Wilkes County, Georgia

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 9,553
Median household income: $52,542
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,971 52.0%
Black or African American alone 3,916 41.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 251 2.6%
Two or more races 394 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 443 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.3

Under 18 1,969 20.6%
18–24 522 5.5%
25–44 2,118 22.2%
45–64 2,679 28.0%
65 and over 2,265 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $500.6M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,819
Establishments: 243

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 578 21.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 571 21.2%
Construction 415 15.4%
Manufacturing 313 11.6%
Public administration 273 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 152 5.6%
Financial activities 122 4.5%
Professional & business services 95 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 73 2.7%
Other services 35 1.3%
Information 20 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.7%
Median gross rent: $759
Owner-occupied: 2,740
Renter-occupied: 1,368

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,098 votes cast

Republican 2,971 58.3%
Democratic 2,112 41.4%
Other / third-party 15 0.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 435 4.8%
Other Indo-European 19 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,108
Family households: 2,425; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,629
Single-mother households: 235
Veterans: 537; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,403 46.0%
Mainline Protestant 687 7.2%
Black Protestant 612 6.4%
Catholic 414 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 183 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 81.4%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Toombs Judicial Circuit Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Crawfordville, Gibson, Lincolnton, Thomson, Warrenton, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Georgia statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 13.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023