Jury Pool Profile

Blount County, Alabama

Republican +81 (2024)

Population: 59,292
Median household income: $61,096
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,062 89.5%
Black or African American alone 747 1.3%
Asian alone 51 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 235 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 88 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,055 3.5%
Two or more races 3,054 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,962 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 13,738 23.2%
18–24 4,563 7.7%
25–44 14,141 23.8%
45–64 15,831 26.7%
65 and over 11,019 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,687
Establishments: 956

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,350 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,935 21.3%
Manufacturing 1,354 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 945 10.4%
Construction 664 7.3%
Public administration 603 6.6%
Professional & business services 413 4.5%
Other services 320 3.5%
Financial activities 271 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 67 0.7%
Information 58 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.5%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 17,473
Renter-occupied: 4,504

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,115 votes cast

Republican 25,354 90.2%
Democratic 2,576 9.2%
Other / third-party 185 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,290 7.7%
German 82 0.1%
Other Indo-European 79 0.1%
Other 35 0.1%
Tagalog 27 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,977
Family households: 15,625; 71.1% of households
Married w/ children: 12,090
Single-mother households: 1,258
Veterans: 2,933; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 28,166 47.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,501 4.2%
Catholic 2,064 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 774 1.3%
Black Protestant 390 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 41st 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: Oneonta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 39.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023