Barbour County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,773 43.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,534 6.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 11,417 46.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 145 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 435 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 313 1.3%

• Under 18 5,112 20.7%
• 18–24 1,916 7.8%
• 25–44 6,488 26.3%
• 45–64 6,172 25.0%
• 65 and over 4,955 20.1%

Median household income

$45,902

90% interval $40,508–$51,296

−$20,802 vs AL · 59th of 67

Below poverty line

28.1%

90% interval 22.7%–33.5%

+12.9 pp vs AL · 8th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+1.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$985.8M

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,834

Establishments

597

• Manufacturing 2,122 27.6%
• Education & health services 1,536 20.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,306 17.0%
• Public administration 798 10.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 772 10.0%
• Professional & business services 348 4.5%
• Natural resources & mining 306 4.0%
• Financial activities 179 2.3%
• Construction 139 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 97.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.2%

−2.0 pp vs AL · 52nd of 67

Median gross rent

$688

−$319 vs AL · 53rd of 67

Owner-occupied

6,229

Renter-occupied

2,899

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,310/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,474/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 5,606 57.0%
• Democratic 4,158 42.3%
• Other / third-party 68 0.7%

• Spanish 1,361 5.8%
• Korean 52 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 43 0.2%
• Chinese 40 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 26 0.1%
• Arabic 24 0.1%
• Vietnamese 16 0.1%

Households

9,128

Family households

5,883

64.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

876

14.9% of families

Single-mother families

949

16.1% of families

Veterans

1,413

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,370 37.1%
• Black Protestant 3,742 14.8%
• Catholic 2,353 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,264 5.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 601 2.4%

Health insured

89.7%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±1.9 pp

18th of 67

With a disability

19.4%

±1.9 pp

34th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

10.6%

±1.5 pp

−17.8 pp vs AL · 66th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.2%–12.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Clayton, Union Springs

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

35.84 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 29.8% of 171 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 11.7%.

• Account collection 51 29.8%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 25 14.6%
• Other civil 22 12.9%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 20 11.7%
• Equity, non-damage 13 7.6%
• Bad faith, fraud and misrepresentation 7 4.1%

A further 17 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.