Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Alabama

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 14,188
Median household income: $51,852
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,424 80.5%
Black or African American alone 1,840 13.0%
Asian alone 47 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 161 1.1%
Two or more races 697 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 451 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 2,932 20.7%
18–24 997 7.0%
25–44 3,349 23.6%
45–64 4,000 28.2%
65 and over 2,910 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $576.7M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,540
Establishments: 254

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,147 50.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 510 12.0%
Education & health services 310 7.3%
Public administration 221 5.2%
Financial activities 88 2.1%
Professional & business services 78 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 61 1.4%
Other services 40 0.9%
Construction 36 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $624
Owner-occupied: 4,479
Renter-occupied: 1,286

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,757 votes cast

Republican 5,734 84.9%
Democratic 993 14.7%
Other / third-party 30 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 368 2.7%
Tagalog 41 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.2%
Other 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,765
Family households: 4,232; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,257
Single-mother households: 378
Veterans: 688; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,647 53.7%
Black Protestant 1,092 7.7%
Mainline Protestant 749 5.3%
Catholic 174 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 113 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 40th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Ashland, Rockford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023