Who is the Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court?

Tammie Mosley (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia.

Who is the Chatham County Coroner?

David L. Campbell (Democratic) is the Coroner of Chatham County, Georgia.

Who is the Chatham County Sheriff?

Richard Coleman (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Chatham County, Georgia.

Who is the Chatham County Tax Commissioner?

Sonya L. Jackson (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Chatham County, Georgia.

Who are the Chatham County commissioners?

Chester A. Ellis (Commission Chair); Wayne Noha (District 1); Malinda Jane Scott Hodge (District 2); Bobby Lockett (District 3); Tanya Milton (District 5); Aaron "Adot" Whitely (District 6); Dean Kicklighter (District 7); Marsha Buford (District 8).

Who is on the Chatham County School Board?

Shawn Kachmar (Board of Education Member, District 4); Paul E. Smith (Board of Education Member, District 5); David Bringman (Board of Education Member, District 6); Tonia Howard-Hall (Board of Education Member, District 8).

What is the population of Chatham County?

About 300,879 people, with a median age of 37.2; the median household income is $71,097 and 14.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Chatham County?

3.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 4,970 people unemployed in a labor force of 161,013, against 2.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Chatham County?

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

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

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Chatham County: 16 seats on 6 elected bodies.

Board of Commissioners

Chatham County Board of Commissioners

Office	Who holds it now
Commission Chair	Chester A. Ellis Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 1	Wayne Noha Republican source
County Commissioner, District 2	Malinda Jane Scott Hodge Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 3	Bobby Lockett Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 5	Tanya Milton Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 6	Aaron "Adot" Whitely Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 7	Dean Kicklighter Republican source
County Commissioner, District 8	Marsha Buford Democratic source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Superior Court	Tammie Mosley Democratic source
Coroner	David L. Campbell Democratic source
Sheriff	Richard Coleman Democratic source
Tax Commissioner	Sonya L. Jackson Democratic source

School Board

Chatham 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 4	Shawn Kachmar source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 5	Paul E. Smith source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 6	David Bringman source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)
Board of Education Member, District 8	Tonia Howard-Hall source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)

How many local governments Chatham County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 18 local governments in Chatham 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	8	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	8	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 Chatham County

300,879people

37.2median ageU.S.: 38.9

$71,097 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

14.3%below the U.S.: 12.5%

37.7%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$302,700median home valueU.S.: $332,700

5.9%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

8.7%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

8.9%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

12.9%U.S.: 8.4%

53.8%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

31.7%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 8.3% · White 45.3% · Black 38.4% · Asian 3% · Other or more than one race 5% (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 Chatham County

3.1%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 2.9%. Georgia: 3.5%.

4,970people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

156,043people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

161,013in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	3.1%	4,970	156,043	161,013
August 2026	3.0%	4,785	155,042	159,827
July 2026	2.8%	4,428	154,882	159,310
June 2026	3.1%	4,932	155,324	160,256
May 2026	2.7%	4,311	154,774	159,085
April 2026	2.4%	3,813	154,003	157,816
March 2026	2.9%	4,633	153,794	158,427
February 2026	3.2%	5,011	152,403	157,414
January 2026	3.1%	4,810	151,678	156,488
December 2025	2.8%	4,382	152,936	157,318
November 2025	3.1%	4,884	152,335	157,219
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	2.9%	4,540	151,577	156,117
August 2025	3.2%	5,018	150,495	155,513
July 2025	3.0%	4,702	152,843	157,545
June 2025	3.1%	4,884	152,223	157,107
May 2025	2.8%	4,413	151,343	155,756
April 2025	2.4%	3,825	153,059	156,884
March 2025	2.9%	4,600	152,227	156,827
February 2025	3.1%	4,793	150,761	155,554
January 2025	2.9%	4,554	149,932	154,486
December 2024	2.6%	4,092	150,689	154,781
November 2024	2.9%	4,480	150,351	154,831
October 2024	2.9%	4,551	150,273	154,824

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	2.9%	4,600	151,794	156,394
2024	3.0%	4,684	150,101	154,785
2023	2.9%	4,459	147,925	152,384
2022	3.1%	4,579	145,344	149,923
2021	4.2%	6,196	141,575	147,771
2020	7.5%	10,733	133,120	143,853
2019	3.4%	4,897	140,601	145,498
2018	3.7%	5,327	140,222	145,549
2017	4.4%	6,367	138,679	145,046
2016	5.1%	7,263	134,179	141,442

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 Chatham County

106.6 per 100,0002025. Georgia: 296.9.

332.3 per 100,0002025. Georgia: 1,409.3.

29murders2025, 331 violent crimes in all.

Earlier years

Year	Violent	Rate	Property	Rate
2025	331	106.6	1,032	332.3
2021	1,266	434.4	6,497	2,229.5
2019	1,085	371.6	5,505	1,885.6
2018	1,174	399.8	7,410	2,523.4
2017	1,334	454.5	10,233	3,486.6
2016	1,384	475.5	10,293	3,536.4

By police agency (7)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Savannah Police Department	2025	208	146	242,372
Pooler Police Department	2025	21	422	32,721
Port Wentworth Police Department	2024	27	206	15,911
Garden City Police Department	2025	62	262	10,570
Bloomingdale Police Department	2025	5	32	3,167
Tybee Island Police Department	2023	18	34	3,145
Thunderbolt Police Department	2025	6	50	2,532

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

1.97 per 1,000 residents2025, 7 agencies serving 310,588 people.

611sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.

149civilian staff2025, full-time.

Agencies counted (7), 2025

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Savannah Police Department	425	110	242,372
Pooler Police Department	59	13	32,721
Port Wentworth Police Department	35	9	16,079
Garden City Police Department	35	4	10,570
Tybee Island Police Department	31	8	3,147
Bloomingdale Police Department	17	4	3,167
Thunderbolt Police Department	9	1	2,532

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2025	611	1.97	149	7
2024	614	1.99	132	7
2023	608	1.99	129	7
2022	588	1.97	141	7
2018	678	2.31	205	7

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 Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court?: Tammie Mosley (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia.
Who is the Chatham County Coroner?: David L. Campbell (Democratic) is the Coroner of Chatham County, Georgia.
Who is the Chatham County Sheriff?: Richard Coleman (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Chatham County, Georgia.
Who is the Chatham County Tax Commissioner?: Sonya L. Jackson (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Chatham County, Georgia.
Who are the Chatham County commissioners?: Chester A. Ellis (Commission Chair); Wayne Noha (District 1); Malinda Jane Scott Hodge (District 2); Bobby Lockett (District 3); Tanya Milton (District 5); Aaron "Adot" Whitely (District 6); Dean Kicklighter (District 7); Marsha Buford (District 8).
Who is on the Chatham County School Board?: Shawn Kachmar (Board of Education Member, District 4); Paul E. Smith (Board of Education Member, District 5); David Bringman (Board of Education Member, District 6); Tonia Howard-Hall (Board of Education Member, District 8).
What is the population of Chatham County?: About 300,879 people, with a median age of 37.2; the median household income is $71,097 and 14.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Chatham County?: 3.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 4,970 people unemployed in a labor force of 161,013, against 2.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Chatham County?: 18 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 8 municipal, 1 school district and 8 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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