Clay County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,195 78.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 465 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,818 12.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 54 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 618 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%

• Under 18 2,974 21.0%
• 18–24 983 6.9%
• 25–44 3,196 22.5%
• 45–64 4,121 29.0%
• 65 and over 2,918 20.6%

Median household income

$53,550

90% interval $47,202–$59,898

−$13,154 vs AL · 44th of 67

Below poverty line

17.4%

90% interval 13.5%–21.3%

+2.2 pp vs AL · 36th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$576.7M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,631

Establishments

261

• Manufacturing 2,139 50.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 498 11.8%
• Education & health services 321 7.6%
• Public administration 232 5.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 130 3.1%
• Financial activities 86 2.0%
• Professional & business services 85 2.0%

The sectors listed cover 82.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.4%

+9.2 pp vs AL · 10th of 67

Median gross rent

$619

−$388 vs AL · 62nd of 67

Owner-occupied

4,623

Renter-occupied

1,197

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $72,488/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,793/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 5,734 84.9%
• Democratic 993 14.7%
• Other / third-party 30 0.4%

• Spanish 336 2.5%
• Tagalog 50 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.2%

Households

5,820

Family households

4,133

71.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

978

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

362

8.8% of families

Veterans

758

6.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.8%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±2.2 pp

60th of 67

With a disability

21.1%

±2.9 pp

22nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

14.7%

±3 pp

−13.7 pp vs AL · 51st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.6%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

35.66 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 37.3% of 67 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 4.5%.

• Account collection 25 37.3%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 13 19.4%
• Other civil 10 14.9%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 3 4.5%
• Condemnation 2 3.0%
• Equity, non-damage 2 3.0%

A further 7 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.