Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, Alabama

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 25,224
Median household income: $50,769
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,017 91.3%
Black or African American alone 948 3.8%
Asian alone 39 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 103 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 165 0.7%
Two or more races 952 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 437 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 4,747 18.8%
18–24 1,700 6.7%
25–44 5,439 21.6%
45–64 7,335 29.1%
65 and over 6,003 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $796.7M; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,658
Establishments: 498

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,425 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,356 25.3%
Manufacturing 689 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 611 11.4%
Professional & business services 401 7.5%
Public administration 279 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 187 3.5%
Financial activities 134 2.5%
Other services 124 2.3%
Construction 106 2.0%
Information 42 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.5%
Median gross rent: $750
Owner-occupied: 8,324
Renter-occupied: 2,153

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,984 votes cast

Republican 11,358 87.5%
Democratic 1,553 12.0%
Other / third-party 73 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 424 1.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 41 0.2%
German 33 0.1%
Vietnamese 27 0.1%
Korean 25 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.1%
Other 14 0.1%
Other Indo-European 11 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,477
Family households: 6,839; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 5,430
Single-mother households: 407
Veterans: 1,430; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.3% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 48.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023