Who is the Liberty County Clerk of Superior Court?

Linda Dixon Thompson (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Liberty County, Georgia.

Who is the Liberty County Coroner?

Reginald L. Pierce, Sr. (Democratic) is the Coroner of Liberty County, Georgia.

Who is the Liberty County Probate Judge?

Nancy K. Aspinwall (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Liberty County, Georgia.

Who is the Liberty County Sheriff?

Will Bowman (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Liberty County, Georgia.

Who is the Liberty County Tax Commissioner?

James "Jamie" Sharp (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Liberty County, Georgia.

Who are the Liberty County commissioners?

Donald L. Lovette (At-large); Marion Stevens, Sr. (District 1); Justin L. Frasier (District 2); Connie L. Thrift (District 3); Timmy Blount (District 4); Gary Gilliard (District 5); Eddie J. Walden (District 6).

Who is on the Liberty County School Board?

Verdell D. Jones (Board of Education Chair, At-large); Chante Baker Martin (Board of Education Member, District 5).

What is the population of Liberty County?

About 67,397 people, with a median age of 29; the median household income is $60,456 and 15.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).

What is the unemployment rate in Liberty County?

4.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 997 people unemployed in a labor force of 24,332, against 3.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).

How many local governments are there in Liberty County?

11 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 1 school district and 2 special district governments.

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

Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Liberty County: 14 seats on 7 elected bodies. 3 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.

Board of Commissioners

Liberty County Board of Commissioners

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
County Commissioner, At-large	Donald L. Lovette Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 1	Marion Stevens, Sr. Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 2	Justin L. Frasier Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 3	Connie L. Thrift Democratic source	On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot: count not certified yet
County Commissioner, District 4	Timmy Blount Republican source
County Commissioner, District 5	Gary Gilliard Democratic source
County Commissioner, District 6	Eddie J. Walden Democratic source

County officers

Office	Who holds it now
Clerk of Superior Court	Linda Dixon Thompson Democratic source
Coroner	Reginald L. Pierce, Sr. Democratic source
Probate Judge	Nancy K. Aspinwall Democratic source
Sheriff	Will Bowman Democratic source
Tax Commissioner	James "Jamie" Sharp Democratic source

School Board

Liberty County Board of Education

Office	Who holds it now	Next term
Board of Education Chair, At-large	Verdell D. Jones source	Re-elected (elected, per the official body)
Board of Education Member, District 5	Chante Baker Martin source	Re-elected (elected unopposed)

Who lives in the school district (Census figures)

School district	People	Median household income	Below the poverty line	Without health insurance	Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Liberty County School District	57,695	$61,369	14.8%	11.1%	48.3%

Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.

How many local governments Liberty County has

The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 11 local governments in Liberty 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	7	0
School districts (school boards)	1	1
Special districts (elected boards)	2	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 Liberty County

67,397people

29median ageU.S.: 38.9

$60,456 household incomeU.S.: $80,734

15.3%below the U.S.: 12.5%

20.5%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%

$201,500median home valueU.S.: $332,700

7.9%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%

6.3%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%

19.5%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%

10.8%U.S.: 8.4%

49.3%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%

30.6%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%

Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 12.7% · White 36.5% · Black 40.8% · Asian 1.7% · Other or more than one race 8.3% (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 Liberty County

4.1%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.9%. Georgia: 3.5%.

997people unemployedSeptember 2026, preliminary.

23,335people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.

24,332in the September 2026, preliminary.

Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.

Every month, last two years

Month	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)	4.1%	997	23,335	24,332
August 2026	4.1%	985	23,174	24,159
July 2026	3.8%	907	22,901	23,808
June 2026	4.1%	993	23,005	23,998
May 2026	3.7%	898	23,156	24,054
April 2026	3.4%	817	23,094	23,911
March 2026	4.0%	954	23,000	23,954
February 2026	4.3%	1,022	22,882	23,904
January 2026	4.1%	967	22,671	23,638
December 2025	3.7%	889	22,896	23,785
November 2025	4.2%	996	22,930	23,926
October 2025	not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025	3.9%	926	23,033	23,959
August 2025	4.1%	987	22,850	23,837
July 2025	4.0%	962	22,970	23,932
June 2025	4.1%	987	22,802	23,789
May 2025	3.8%	907	22,854	23,761
April 2025	3.3%	799	23,129	23,928
March 2025	3.9%	929	23,179	24,108
February 2025	4.0%	966	23,195	24,161
January 2025	3.9%	940	23,086	24,026
December 2024	3.4%	809	22,942	23,751
November 2024	3.7%	894	23,016	23,910
October 2024	3.7%	906	23,393	24,299

Yearly averages

Year	Rate	Unemployed	Employed	Labor force
2025 (11 months)	3.9%	935	22,993	23,928
2024	3.9%	942	23,006	23,948
2023	3.8%	907	23,054	23,961
2022	3.8%	916	23,163	24,079
2021	4.4%	1,076	23,290	24,366
2020	6.8%	1,629	22,278	23,907
2019	4.4%	1,068	22,958	24,026
2018	4.8%	1,148	22,672	23,820
2017	5.8%	1,380	22,345	23,725
2016	6.6%	1,498	21,364	22,862

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 Liberty County

510.6 per 100,0002018. Georgia: 338.9.

2,433.3 per 100,0002018. Georgia: 2,642.9.

4murders2018, 312 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	312	510.6	1,487	2,433.3
2016	350	561.1	1,752	2,808.5

By police agency (3)

Agency	Year	Violent	Property	People served
Hinesville Police Department	2025	279	818	36,972
Liberty County Sheriff's Office	2018	164	234	22,017
Midway Police Department	2018	1	54	2,026

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

2.48 per 1,000 residents2021, 4 agencies serving 62,929 people.

156sworn officers2021, full-time, as of October 31.

72civilian staff2021, full-time.

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

Agencies counted (4), 2021

Agency	Officers	Civilians	People served
Liberty County Sheriff's Office	71	53	22,648
Hinesville Police Department	75	16	34,211
Midway Police Department	5	2	2,010
WALTHOURVILLE	5	1	4,060

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 Liberty County Clerk of Superior Court?: Linda Dixon Thompson (Democratic) is the Clerk of Superior Court of Liberty County, Georgia.
Who is the Liberty County Coroner?: Reginald L. Pierce, Sr. (Democratic) is the Coroner of Liberty County, Georgia.
Who is the Liberty County Probate Judge?: Nancy K. Aspinwall (Democratic) is the Probate Judge of Liberty County, Georgia.
Who is the Liberty County Sheriff?: Will Bowman (Democratic) is the Sheriff of Liberty County, Georgia.
Who is the Liberty County Tax Commissioner?: James "Jamie" Sharp (Democratic) is the Tax Commissioner of Liberty County, Georgia.
Who are the Liberty County commissioners?: Donald L. Lovette (At-large); Marion Stevens, Sr. (District 1); Justin L. Frasier (District 2); Connie L. Thrift (District 3); Timmy Blount (District 4); Gary Gilliard (District 5); Eddie J. Walden (District 6).
Who is on the Liberty County School Board?: Verdell D. Jones (Board of Education Chair, At-large); Chante Baker Martin (Board of Education Member, District 5).
What is the population of Liberty County?: About 67,397 people, with a median age of 29; the median household income is $60,456 and 15.3% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Liberty County?: 4.1% in September 2026 (preliminary): 997 people unemployed in a labor force of 24,332, against 3.9% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Liberty County?: 11 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 7 municipal, 1 school district and 2 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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