Jury Pool Profile

Barbour County, Alabama

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 24,757
Median household income: $44,290
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,891 44.0%
Black or African American alone 11,616 46.9%
Asian alone 136 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 46 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,337 5.4%
Two or more races 731 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,490 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 5,181 20.9%
18–24 1,948 7.9%
25–44 6,509 26.3%
45–64 6,238 25.2%
65 and over 4,881 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP: $985.8M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,590
Establishments: 595

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,100 27.2%
Education & health services 1,508 19.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,349 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 861 11.2%
Public administration 767 9.9%
Professional & business services 327 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 300 3.9%
Financial activities 181 2.3%
Construction 147 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $644
Owner-occupied: 6,128
Renter-occupied: 2,952

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,832 votes cast

Republican 5,606 57.0%
Democratic 4,158 42.3%
Other / third-party 68 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,443 6.2%
Other 108 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 65 0.3%
Chinese 47 0.2%
Korean 44 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.2%
German 34 0.1%
Arabic 27 0.1%
Other Indo-European 26 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,080
Family households: 5,990; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,572
Single-mother households: 994
Veterans: 1,400; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 56.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023