Butler County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,407 50.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 316 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,327 44.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 248 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 240 1.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 85 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%

• Under 18 4,112 22.1%
• 18–24 1,415 7.6%
• 25–44 4,318 23.2%
• 45–64 4,684 25.1%
• 65 and over 4,101 22.0%

Median household income

$47,673

90% interval $42,388–$52,958

−$19,031 vs AL · 57th of 67

Below poverty line

20.3%

90% interval 15.3%–25.3%

+5.1 pp vs AL · 20th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.91 pp vs. state

County GDP

$903.8M

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,800

Establishments

527

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,627 23.9%
• Manufacturing 1,371 20.2%
• Education & health services 1,343 19.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 731 10.8%
• Professional & business services 628 9.2%
• Public administration 362 5.3%
• Construction 241 3.5%
• Natural resources & mining 176 2.6%
• Financial activities 150 2.2%
• Other services 84 1.2%
• Information 46 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.8%

−4.4 pp vs AL · 57th of 67

Median gross rent

$725

−$282 vs AL · 47th of 67

Owner-occupied

5,002

Renter-occupied

2,595

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $62,522/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,644/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 5,172 61.1%
• Democratic 3,251 38.4%
• Other / third-party 44 0.5%

• Spanish 265 1.5%
• Korean 47 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

7,597

Family households

4,547

59.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

882

19.4% of families

Single-mother families

606

13.3% of families

Veterans

925

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,347 49.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,040 5.5%
• Black Protestant 1,004 5.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 158 0.8%
• Catholic 96 0.5%

Health insured

87.7%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

12.3%

±2.5 pp

5th of 67

With a disability

18.9%

±2.1 pp

35th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.5%

±2 pp

−14.9 pp vs AL · 56th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Greenville, Hayneville, Luverne

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

55.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 27.1% of 118 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 21.2%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 32 27.1%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 25 21.2%
• Account collection 23 19.5%
• Other civil 13 11.0%
• Equity, non-damage 5 4.2%
• Real property 5 4.2%