Who is the Butts County Clerk of Superior Court?

Morgan Vereline Ward (Republican) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia.

Who is the Butts County Coroner?

Lacey Prue (Republican) is the Coroner of Butts County, Georgia.

Who is the Butts County Sheriff?

Gary Long (Republican) is the Sheriff of Butts County, Georgia.

Who is the Butts County Tax Commissioner?

Nancy J. Washington (Republican) is the Tax Commissioner of Butts County, Georgia.

Who are the Butts County commissioners?

Mike Wilson (District 1); Jeremiah Hosford (District 2); Joe H. Brown, Jr. (District 3); J. Keith Douglas (District 4); Russ Crumbley (District 5).

Who is on the Butts County School Board?

Brandy Phillips (Board of Education Member, District 1); Laura Weaver English (Board of Education Member, District 2); Danny Clay Smith (Board of Education Member, District 5).

What is the population of Butts County?

About 26,496 people, with a median age of 37.8; the median household income is $69,241 and 10.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Butts County?

3.6% in September 2026 (preliminary): 418 people unemployed in a labor force of 11,551, against 3.2% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Butts County?

8 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 3 municipal, 1 school district and 3 special district governments.

Butts County, GA elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Butts County: 12 seats on 6 elected bodies. 2 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Commissioners

Butts County Board of Commissioners

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, District 1	Mike Wilson Republican source
County Commissioner, District 2	Jeremiah Hosford Republican source
County Commissioner, District 3	Joe H. Brown, Jr. Republican source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 4	J. Keith Douglas Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 5	Russ Crumbley Republican source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Superior Court	Morgan Vereline Ward Republican source
Coroner	Lacey Prue Republican source
Sheriff	Gary Long Republican source
Tax Commissioner	Nancy J. Washington Republican source

School Board

Butts County Board of Education

Each member is elected by the voters of their district.

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Board of Education Member, District 1	Brandy Phillips source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 2	Laura Weaver English source	Re-elected (elected, per the official body)
Board of Education Member, District 5	Danny Clay Smith source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)

How many local governments Butts County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 8 local governments in Butts County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.

Kind of government	Census count (2022)	Listed on this page
County government	1	1
Cities, towns, villages and townships	3	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	3	0

Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).

About these counts

The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.

Who lives in Butts County

26,496people

37.8median ageU.S.: 38.9

$69,241 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

10.4%below the U.S.: 12.5%

14.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$240,600median home valueU.S.: $332,700

3.2%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

0.9%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

6.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

12.3%U.S.: 8.4%

36%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

25.4%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 3.9% · White 64.2% · Black 24.3% · Asian 0.3% · Other or more than one race 7.4% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).

About these figures

The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.

Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.

Jobs in Butts County

3.6%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.2%. Georgia: 3.5%.

418people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

11,133people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

11,551in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.6%	418	11,133	11,551
August 2026	3.5%	403	11,054	11,457
July 2026	3.3%	374	11,024	11,398
June 2026	3.6%	409	11,022	11,431
May 2026	3.3%	374	11,054	11,428
April 2026	3.2%	360	11,067	11,427
March 2026	3.5%	401	11,033	11,434
February 2026	3.7%	424	10,923	11,347
January 2026	3.6%	408	10,865	11,273
December 2025	3.2%	368	10,963	11,331
November 2025	3.5%	403	10,980	11,383
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.2%	365	10,957	11,322
August 2025	3.6%	403	10,875	11,278
July 2025	3.3%	370	10,929	11,299
June 2025	3.4%	386	10,899	11,285
May 2025	3.2%	362	10,901	11,263
April 2025	2.8%	321	10,959	11,280
March 2025	3.3%	375	10,946	11,321
February 2025	3.4%	382	10,871	11,253
January 2025	3.4%	380	10,895	11,275
December 2024	3.0%	342	10,908	11,250
November 2024	3.3%	375	10,920	11,295
October 2024	3.2%	362	10,976	11,338

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.3%	374	10,925	11,299
2024	3.2%	367	10,942	11,309
2023	3.1%	347	10,844	11,191
2022	3.0%	328	10,717	11,045
2021	3.8%	406	10,326	10,732
2020	6.5%	665	9,587	10,252
2019	3.7%	380	9,935	10,315
2018	4.3%	439	9,748	10,187
2017	5.1%	517	9,647	10,164
2016	6.0%	586	9,197	9,783

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Georgia's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.3% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.

Crime reported in Butts County

195.4 per 100,0002021. Georgia: 349.8.

1,040.8 per 100,0002021. Georgia: 1,601.4.

3murders2021, 52 violent crimes in all.

2021 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2021	52	195.4	277	1,040.8
2018	83	330.9	439	1,750.3
2017	85	341.8	540	2,171.5
2016	97	395.4	465	1,895.3

By police agency (2)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Butts County Sheriff's Office	2025	35	116	21,596
Jackson Police Department	2021	13	97	5,361

Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Georgia · the U.S.

Police staffing

2.83 per 1,000 residents2025, 2 agencies serving 27,545 people.

78sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

44civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (2), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Butts County Sheriff's Office	62	44	21,596
Jackson Police Department	16	0	5,949

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	78	2.83	44	2
2021	75	2.94	40	2
2020	76	3.04	43	2
2018	65	2.70	46	2
2017	66	2.77	40	2
2016	64	2.72	39	2

Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.

Quick answers

Who is the Butts County Clerk of Superior Court?: Morgan Vereline Ward (Republican) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Butts County, Georgia.
Who is the Butts County Coroner?: Lacey Prue (Republican) is the Coroner of Butts County, Georgia.
Who is the Butts County Sheriff?: Gary Long (Republican) is the Sheriff of Butts County, Georgia.
Who is the Butts County Tax Commissioner?: Nancy J. Washington (Republican) is the Tax Commissioner of Butts County, Georgia.
Who are the Butts County commissioners?: Mike Wilson (District 1); Jeremiah Hosford (District 2); Joe H. Brown, Jr. (District 3); J. Keith Douglas (District 4); Russ Crumbley (District 5).
Who is on the Butts County School Board?: Brandy Phillips (Board of Education Member, District 1); Laura Weaver English (Board of Education Member, District 2); Danny Clay Smith (Board of Education Member, District 5).
What is the population of Butts County?: About 26,496 people, with a median age of 37.8; the median household income is $69,241 and 10.4% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Butts County?: 3.6% in September 2026 (preliminary): 418 people unemployed in a labor force of 11,551, against 3.2% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Butts County?: 8 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 3 municipal, 1 school district and 3 special district governments.

Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Georgia Secretary of State's official results of each seat's last election (the November 2024 general, or a special election since), and for seats up in 2026 whose 2022 result the SOS site doesn't carry, the incumbent the SOS marks on that seat's 2026 primary, nonpartisan or November contest; officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.

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