Who is the Clayton County Clerk of Superior Court?

Chanae Q. Clemons (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Clayton County, Georgia.

Who is the Clayton County Probate Judge?

Pamela P. Ferguson (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Clayton County, Georgia.

Who is the Clayton County Sheriff?

Levon Allen (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia.

Who is the Clayton County Tax Commissioner?

Danielle H. Smith (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Clayton County, Georgia.

Who are the Clayton County commissioners?

Alieka Anderson (Commission Chair); Alaina Reaves (District 1); Gail Hambrick (District 2); Tashe’ Allen (District 3); DeMont Davis (District 4).

Who is on the Clayton County School Board?

Mark Christmas (Board of Education Member, District 2); Jessie Goree (Board of Education Member, District 3); Victoria Williams (Board of Education Member, District 4); Deatrice Dee Haney (Board of Education Member, District 5); Mary Baker (Board of Education Member, District 6); Sabrina Hill (Board of Education Member, District 7); Joy Tellis Cooper (Board of Education Member, District 8); Benjamin Straker, Sr. (Board of Education Member, District 9).

What is the population of Clayton County?

About 298,924 people, with a median age of 33.7; the median household income is $59,806 and 17.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Clayton County?

4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 6,462 people unemployed in a labor force of 147,754, against 4.5% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Clayton County?

15 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 6 municipal, 1 school district and 7 special district governments.

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

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Clayton County: 17 seats on 6 elected bodies. 5 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Commissioners

Clayton County Board of Commissioners

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Commission Chair	Alieka Anderson Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 1	Alaina Reaves Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Gail Hambrick Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 3	Tashe’ Allen Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 4	DeMont Davis Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Superior Court	Chanae Q. Clemons Democratic source
Probate Judge	Pamela P. Ferguson Democratic source
Sheriff	Levon Allen Democratic source
Tax Commissioner	Danielle H. Smith Democratic source

School Board

Clayton 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 2	Mark Christmas Democratic source
Board of Education Member, District 3	Jessie Goree Democratic source
Board of Education Member, District 4	Victoria Williams Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Board of Education Member, District 5	Deatrice Dee Haney Democratic source
Board of Education Member, District 6	Mary Baker Democratic source
Board of Education Member, District 7	Sabrina Hill Democratic source
Board of Education Member, District 8	Joy Tellis Cooper Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
Board of Education Member, District 9	Benjamin Straker, Sr. Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet

How many local governments Clayton County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 15 local governments in Clayton 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	6	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	7	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 Clayton County

298,924people

33.7median ageU.S.: 38.9

$59,806 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

17.9%below the U.S.: 12.5%

22.5%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$222,300median home valueU.S.: $332,700

7.2%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

13.4%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

7.1%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

17%U.S.: 8.4%

62.9%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

36.2%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 14.5% · White 7.8% · Black 68.5% · Asian 4.9% · Other or more than one race 4.2% (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 Clayton County

4.4%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 4.5%. Georgia: 3.5%.

6,462people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

141,292people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

147,754in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.4%	6,462	141,292	147,754
August 2026	4.2%	6,224	140,376	146,600
July 2026	4.2%	6,190	140,292	146,482
June 2026	4.4%	6,488	140,680	147,168
May 2026	4.1%	5,959	140,717	146,676
April 2026	3.7%	5,378	140,835	146,213
March 2026	4.2%	6,116	140,457	146,573
February 2026	4.6%	6,675	139,114	145,789
January 2026	4.7%	6,835	137,978	144,813
December 2025	4.5%	6,603	139,253	145,856
November 2025	4.7%	6,786	138,724	145,510
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	4.5%	6,470	138,759	145,229
August 2025	4.5%	6,528	137,838	144,366
July 2025	4.5%	6,527	138,985	145,512
June 2025	4.5%	6,614	138,867	145,481
May 2025	4.1%	5,993	138,621	144,614
April 2025	3.9%	5,637	139,009	144,646
March 2025	4.2%	6,031	139,142	145,173
February 2025	4.3%	6,199	138,680	144,879
January 2025	4.3%	6,287	138,760	145,047
December 2024	4.2%	6,092	138,756	144,848
November 2024	4.4%	6,404	138,272	144,676
October 2024	4.4%	6,436	138,553	144,989

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	4.4%	6,334	138,785	145,119
2024	4.3%	6,275	138,857	145,132
2023	4.1%	5,923	140,069	145,992
2022	3.9%	5,691	138,726	144,417
2021	6.1%	8,866	136,616	145,482
2020	10.0%	14,446	130,230	144,676
2019	4.3%	6,182	137,701	143,883
2018	4.8%	6,829	135,929	142,758
2017	5.7%	8,035	133,021	141,056
2016	6.5%	8,765	126,612	135,377

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 Clayton County

596.9 per 100,0002018. Georgia: 338.9.

4,056.1 per 100,0002018. Georgia: 2,642.9.

43murders2018, 1,803 violent crimes in all.

2018 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
2018	1,803	596.9	12,252	4,056.1
2017	2,052	690.9	13,125	4,419.3
2016	2,112	728.3	13,095	4,516.0

By police agency (7)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Clayton County Police Department	2024	1,429	5,521	236,315
Forest Park Police Department	2025	108	424	19,184
Riverdale Police Department	2023	0	4	14,575
College Park Police Department	2025	182	886	13,983
Morrow Police Department	2025	30	290	6,190
Jonesboro Police Department	2018	22	251	4,760
Lake City Police Department	2025	10	54	2,872

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

1.86 per 1,000 residents2021, 8 agencies serving 309,410 people.

575sworn officers2021, full-time, as of October 31.

178civilian staff2021, full-time.

2021 is the latest year every agency here sent the FBI its staff count.

Agencies counted (8), 2021

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Clayton County Police Department	333	101	235,533
College Park Police Department	77	28	15,241
Forest Park Police Department	48	30	20,015
Riverdale Police Department	35	8	15,643
Jonesboro Police Department	25	5	5,164
Morrow Police Department	25	1	7,254
Lovejoy Police Department	21	4	7,742
Lake City Police Department	11	1	2,818

Earlier years

Year	Officers	Per 1,000	Civilians	Agencies
2021	575	1.86	178	8
2019	605	1.97	211	7
2018	574	1.90	175	7
2017	616	2.07	182	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 Clayton County Clerk of Superior Court?: Chanae Q. Clemons (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Clayton County, Georgia.
Who is the Clayton County Probate Judge?: Pamela P. Ferguson (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Clayton County, Georgia.
Who is the Clayton County Sheriff?: Levon Allen (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Clayton County, Georgia.
Who is the Clayton County Tax Commissioner?: Danielle H. Smith (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Clayton County, Georgia.
Who are the Clayton County commissioners?: Alieka Anderson (Commission Chair); Alaina Reaves (District 1); Gail Hambrick (District 2); Tashe’ Allen (District 3); DeMont Davis (District 4).
Who is on the Clayton County School Board?: Mark Christmas (Board of Education Member, District 2); Jessie Goree (Board of Education Member, District 3); Victoria Williams (Board of Education Member, District 4); Deatrice Dee Haney (Board of Education Member, District 5); Mary Baker (Board of Education Member, District 6); Sabrina Hill (Board of Education Member, District 7); Joy Tellis Cooper (Board of Education Member, District 8); Benjamin Straker, Sr. (Board of Education Member, District 9).
What is the population of Clayton County?: About 298,924 people, with a median age of 33.7; the median household income is $59,806 and 17.9% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Clayton County?: 4.4% in September 2026 (preliminary): 6,462 people unemployed in a labor force of 147,754, against 4.5% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Clayton County?: 15 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 6 municipal, 1 school district and 7 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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