Jury Pool Profile

Baldwin County, Alabama

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 239,945
Median household income: $75,019
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 198,721 82.8%
Black or African American alone 19,144 8.0%
Asian alone 2,272 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 980 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 104 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,440 2.3%
Two or more races 13,284 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,393 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 51,128 21.3%
18–24 16,829 7.0%
25–44 55,678 23.2%
45–64 64,984 27.1%
65 and over 51,326 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.4B; 4.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,157
Establishments: 8,757

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 20,654 24.3%
Education & health services 17,838 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 16,320 19.2%
Professional & business services 7,492 8.8%
Construction 5,859 6.9%
Public administration 4,543 5.3%
Financial activities 4,483 5.3%
Manufacturing 4,089 4.8%
Other services 2,451 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 719 0.8%
Information 628 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $1,211
Owner-occupied: 73,381
Renter-occupied: 21,261

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 121,808 votes cast

Republican 95,798 78.6%
Democratic 24,934 20.5%
Other / third-party 1,076 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,438 3.3%
Other Indo-European 1,802 0.8%
Slavic languages 661 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 618 0.3%
German 440 0.2%
Other 395 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 372 0.2%
Chinese 295 0.1%
Tagalog 202 0.1%
Korean 121 0.1%
Vietnamese 108 0.0%
Arabic 25 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 94,642
Family households: 64,593; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 53,118
Single-mother households: 3,817
Veterans: 20,690; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 67,296 29.0%
Catholic 31,475 13.6%
Mainline Protestant 18,789 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,585 1.5%
Black Protestant 3,056 1.3%
Orthodox 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Bay Minette

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 11.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023