Autauga County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 42,336 70.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,289 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,244 20.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 663 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,246 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 36 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 128 0.2%

• Under 18 14,030 23.4%
• 18–24 4,525 7.5%
• 25–44 15,816 26.4%
• 45–64 15,817 26.4%
• 65 and over 9,759 16.3%

Median household income

$78,840

90% interval $71,605–$86,075

+$12,136 vs AL · 6th of 67

Below poverty line

12.9%

90% interval 11.0%–14.8%

−2.3 pp vs AL · 58th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,968

Establishments

1,190

• Education & health services 2,925 22.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,705 20.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,966 15.2%
• Manufacturing 1,958 15.1%
• Professional & business services 800 6.2%
• Financial activities 568 4.4%
• Other services 397 3.1%
• Public administration 222 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 88.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.1%

+6.9 pp vs AL · 22nd of 67

Median gross rent

$1,263

+$256 vs AL · 3rd of 67

Owner-occupied

17,660

Renter-occupied

5,257

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $86,028/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,024/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 20,484 72.7%
• Democratic 7,439 26.4%
• Other / third-party 267 0.9%

• Spanish 1,187 2.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 221 0.4%
• Korean 211 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 127 0.2%
• Tagalog 110 0.2%
• Chinese 36 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 27 0.0%

Households

22,917

Family households

15,794

68.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,055

32.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,421

9.0% of families

Veterans

4,842

10.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 23,987 40.8%
• Mainline Protestant 2,821 4.8%
• Black Protestant 1,664 2.8%
• Catholic 960 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 817 1.4%

Health insured

92.7%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

7.3%

±1.2 pp

58th of 67

With a disability

16.2%

±1.1 pp

56th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

29.1%

±2.1 pp

+0.7 pp vs AL · 10th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.2%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

19th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 alacourt.gov; counts for the 34th, 36th, and 41st circuits are approximate (single-county rural circuits typically carry 1 judge per Ala. Code § 12-17-23).)

Court seats

Clanton, Prattville, Wetumpka

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

17.42 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 26.1% of 333 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 17.1%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 87 26.1%
• Account collection 68 20.4%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 57 17.1%
• Other civil 33 9.9%
• Equity, non-damage 16 4.8%
• Negligence, general 15 4.5%

A further 60 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.