Clarke County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,524 51.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 275 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,054 44.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 119 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 401 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 135 0.6%

• Under 18 4,858 21.5%
• 18–24 1,851 8.2%
• 25–44 5,157 22.9%
• 45–64 5,929 26.3%
• 65 and over 4,748 21.1%

Median household income

$49,366

90% interval $44,507–$54,225

−$17,338 vs AL · 54th of 67

Below poverty line

17.8%

90% interval 13.1%–22.5%

+2.6 pp vs AL · 33rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+2.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,996

Establishments

730

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,795 23.3%
• Education & health services 1,680 21.8%
• Manufacturing 1,476 19.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 782 10.2%
• Public administration 716 9.3%
• Natural resources & mining 340 4.4%
• Financial activities 324 4.2%
• Professional & business services 260 3.4%
• Construction 163 2.1%
• Other services 132 1.7%
• Information 24 0.3%

Home ownership

70.8%

+0.6 pp vs AL · 47th of 67

Median gross rent

$782

−$225 vs AL · 32nd of 67

Owner-occupied

5,962

Renter-occupied

2,461

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $88,467/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,105/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 254 1.2%
• Vietnamese 72 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 28 0.1%
• Tagalog 16 0.1%
• Chinese 7 0.0%

Households

8,423

Family households

5,264

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,019

19.4% of families

Single-mother families

525

10.0% of families

Veterans

1,229

7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.8 pp

56th of 67

With a disability

20.5%

±1.6 pp

28th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.0%

±2.1 pp

−13.4 pp vs AL · 48th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.0%

90% interval 8.9%–11.1% · 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

7

39.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 21.9% of 178 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 21.9%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 39 21.9%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 39 21.9%
• Account collection 27 15.2%
• Other civil 23 12.9%
• Bad faith, fraud and misrepresentation 7 3.9%
• Equity, non-damage 7 3.9%

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