Choctaw County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,007 56.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 144 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,645 37.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 553 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%

• Under 18 2,443 19.7%
• 18–24 934 7.5%
• 25–44 2,502 20.2%
• 45–64 3,485 28.2%
• 65 and over 3,016 24.4%

Median household income

$49,024

90% interval $43,472–$54,576

−$17,680 vs AL · 55th of 67

Below poverty line

21.9%

90% interval 16.8%–27.0%

+6.7 pp vs AL · 13th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+1.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$727.6M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,339

Establishments

362

• Education & health services 676 20.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 584 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 173 5.1%
• Public administration 148 4.4%
• Professional & business services 128 3.8%
• Other services 94 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 53.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.4%

+12.2 pp vs AL · 3rd of 67

Median gross rent

$543

−$464 vs AL · 66th of 67

Owner-occupied

4,329

Renter-occupied

926

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 43% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $58,410/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,364/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 187 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 19 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.1%

Households

5,255

Family households

3,254

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

647

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

303

9.3% of families

Veterans

537

5.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.4%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±2.3 pp

37th of 67

With a disability

23.3%

±2.4 pp

5th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±2.5 pp

−12.6 pp vs AL · 43rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

60.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5

Motor-vehicle negligence was the largest civil litigation category, at 23.0% of 61 filings.

• Motor-vehicle negligence 14 23.0%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 12 19.7%
• Account collection 11 18.0%
• Other civil 8 13.1%
• Real property 3 4.9%
• Will, trust, estate and guardianship 3 4.9%

A further 4 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.