Jury Pool Profile

Choctaw County, Alabama

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 12,525
Median household income: $44,483
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,101 56.7%
Black or African American alone 4,782 38.2%
Asian alone 22 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 52 0.4%
Two or more races 553 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 136 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47

Under 18 2,492 19.9%
18–24 1,035 8.3%
25–44 2,438 19.5%
45–64 3,578 28.6%
65 and over 2,982 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +1.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $727.6M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,814
Establishments: 354

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 675 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 603 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 168 5.1%
Public administration 146 4.4%
Professional & business services 144 4.4%
Other services 84 2.5%
Financial activities 82 2.5%
Information 13 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.2%
Median gross rent: $653
Owner-occupied: 4,254
Renter-occupied: 920

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,646 votes cast

Republican 4,103 61.7%
Democratic 2,515 37.8%
Other / third-party 28 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 204 1.7%
German 18 0.2%
Other 12 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,174
Family households: 3,212; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,336
Single-mother households: 332
Veterans: 564; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,315 42.0%
Black Protestant 1,344 10.6%
Mainline Protestant 759 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 305 2.4%
Catholic 64 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 23.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Butler, Chatom, Grove Hill

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 59.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023