Chilton County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 35,126 76.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,707 10.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,328 9.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 200 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,183 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 415 0.9%

• Under 18 11,105 24.1%
• 18–24 3,792 8.2%
• 25–44 11,628 25.3%
• 45–64 11,665 25.4%
• 65 and over 7,802 17.0%

Median household income

$66,063

90% interval $60,418–$71,708

−$641 vs AL · 16th of 67

Below poverty line

15.4%

90% interval 12.5%–18.3%

+0.2 pp vs AL · 52nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,222

Establishments

948

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,571 27.3%
• Education & health services 1,782 18.9%
• Manufacturing 1,627 17.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,024 10.9%
• Public administration 692 7.3%
• Construction 625 6.6%
• Professional & business services 358 3.8%
• Other services 290 3.1%
• Financial activities 271 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 118 1.3%
• Information 46 0.5%

Home ownership

76.9%

+6.7 pp vs AL · 24th of 67

Median gross rent

$871

−$136 vs AL · 20th of 67

Owner-occupied

13,738

Renter-occupied

4,137

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Construction, $71,378/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,867/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 16,920 85.8%
• Democratic 2,698 13.7%
• Other / third-party 110 0.6%

• Spanish 3,593 8.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 35 0.1%
• Chinese 32 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 17 0.0%
• Korean 14 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

17,875

Family households

12,370

69.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,443

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

489

4.0% of families

Veterans

1,797

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 28,521 63.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,702 3.8%
• Black Protestant 1,266 2.8%
• Catholic 884 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 788 1.8%

Health insured

88.9%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±1.6 pp

11th of 67

With a disability

17.6%

±1.4 pp

42nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±1.8 pp

−11.9 pp vs AL · 39th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.9%

90% interval 10.7%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

19th 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

Clanton, Prattville, Wetumpka

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

16

45.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 26.5% of 298 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 13.8%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 79 26.5%
• Account collection 61 20.5%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 41 13.8%
• Other civil 33 11.1%
• Quiet title / land bank 13 4.4%
• Real property 13 4.4%

A further 168 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.