Calhoun County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 80,498 69.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,388 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,021 21.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 935 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,486 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 194 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 151 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 417 0.4%

• Under 18 24,893 21.4%
• 18–24 12,711 10.9%
• 25–44 28,620 24.7%
• 45–64 28,710 24.7%
• 65 and over 21,156 18.2%

Median household income

$53,533

90% interval $50,678–$56,388

−$13,171 vs AL · 45th of 67

Below poverty line

18.5%

90% interval 15.7%–21.3%

+3.3 pp vs AL · 29th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.3B

1.93% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,428

Establishments

2,912

• Education & health services 10,273 23.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,233 21.2%
• Manufacturing 6,366 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,168 11.9%
• Public administration 5,044 11.6%
• Professional & business services 3,144 7.2%
• Financial activities 1,352 3.1%
• Other services 956 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.3%

+0.1 pp vs AL · 48th of 67

Median gross rent

$826

−$181 vs AL · 26th of 67

Owner-occupied

31,654

Renter-occupied

13,361

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Financial activities, $70,574/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,551/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 34,912 71.9%
• Democratic 13,194 27.2%
• Other / third-party 424 0.9%

• Spanish 2,980 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 226 0.2%
• Korean 191 0.2%
• Arabic 183 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 121 0.1%
• Tagalog 106 0.1%
• Chinese 69 0.1%
• Vietnamese 55 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.0%

Households

45,015

Family households

28,280

62.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,342

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

3,672

13.0% of families

Veterans

6,913

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 65,933 56.6%
• Black Protestant 7,328 6.3%
• Mainline Protestant 5,191 4.5%
• Catholic 3,345 2.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,785 1.5%
• Orthodox 69 0.1%

Health insured

89.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±1 pp

22nd of 67

With a disability

20.8%

±1.1 pp

25th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

20.6%

±1.1 pp

−7.8 pp vs AL · 22nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.3%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Anniston, Heflin

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

24

26.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

23

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 23.2% of 764 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 20.0%.

• Account collection 177 23.2%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 153 20.0%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 147 19.2%
• Other civil 76 9.9%
• Equity, non-damage 48 6.3%
• Negligence, general 35 4.6%

A further 39 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.