Jury Pool Profile

Clarke County, Alabama

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 22,802
Median household income: $49,167
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,749 51.5%
Black or African American alone 10,360 45.4%
Asian alone 71 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 217 1.0%
Two or more races 396 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 261 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 4,950 21.7%
18–24 1,886 8.3%
25–44 5,151 22.6%
45–64 6,113 26.8%
65 and over 4,702 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +2.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,247
Establishments: 730

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,861 22.8%
Manufacturing 1,829 22.4%
Education & health services 1,769 21.7%
Leisure & hospitality 757 9.3%
Public administration 694 8.5%
Financial activities 336 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 320 3.9%
Professional & business services 254 3.1%
Construction 162 2.0%
Other services 130 1.6%
Information 26 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $785
Owner-occupied: 5,994
Renter-occupied: 2,458

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,946 votes cast

Republican 6,965 58.3%
Democratic 4,927 41.2%
Other / third-party 54 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 294 1.4%
German 34 0.2%
Tagalog 25 0.1%
Chinese 22 0.1%
Other 11 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,452
Family households: 5,314; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,617
Single-mother households: 603
Veterans: 1,259; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,433 53.9%
Black Protestant 3,308 14.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,272 5.5%
Catholic 232 1.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 226 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 20.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

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: 10; 56.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023