Cherokee County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,997 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 469 1.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 964 3.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 51 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 897 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 47 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%

• Under 18 4,726 18.6%
• 18–24 1,698 6.7%
• 25–44 5,598 22.0%
• 45–64 7,201 28.3%
• 65 and over 6,220 24.4%

Median household income

$61,632

90% interval $58,238–$65,026

−$5,072 vs AL · 22nd of 67

Below poverty line

15.4%

90% interval 11.8%–19.0%

+0.2 pp vs AL · 51st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

+0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$796.7M

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,692

Establishments

525

• Education & health services 1,405 25.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,374 25.2%
• Manufacturing 712 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 583 10.7%
• Professional & business services 424 7.8%
• Public administration 279 5.1%
• Natural resources & mining 189 3.5%
• Construction 163 3.0%
• Financial activities 138 2.5%
• Other services 137 2.5%
• Information 40 0.7%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

Home ownership

81.1%

+10.9 pp vs AL · 7th of 67

Median gross rent

$762

−$245 vs AL · 39th of 67

Owner-occupied

8,264

Renter-occupied

1,928

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $90,379/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,051/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 11,358 87.5%
• Democratic 1,553 12.0%
• Other / third-party 73 0.6%

• Spanish 427 1.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 47 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 30 0.1%
• Vietnamese 26 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 19 0.1%
• Tagalog 13 0.1%
• Korean 9 0.0%

Households

10,192

Family households

6,529

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,428

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

473

7.2% of families

Veterans

1,485

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,548 42.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,486 6.0%
• Black Protestant 270 1.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 222 0.9%
• Catholic 25 0.1%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.2 pp

59th of 67

With a disability

21.1%

±1.9 pp

21st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±2.1 pp

−11.9 pp vs AL · 38th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.0%–12.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Centre, Fort Payne

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

57.92 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 24.3% of 144 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #5 at 12.5%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 35 24.3%
• Equity, non-damage 25 17.4%
• Account collection 19 13.2%
• Other civil 19 13.2%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 18 12.5%
• Real property 9 6.2%

A further 11 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.