Jury Pool Profile

Colbert County, Alabama

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 57,648
Median household income: $56,736
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,984 78.0%
Black or African American alone 9,103 15.8%
Asian alone 229 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 94 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,020 1.8%
Two or more races 2,199 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,890 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 12,311 21.4%
18–24 4,359 7.6%
25–44 14,003 24.3%
45–64 15,375 26.7%
65 and over 11,600 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 1.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,010
Establishments: 1,621

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,242 25.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,224 21.3%
Education & health services 4,730 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,116 8.6%
Construction 1,738 7.1%
Public administration 1,131 4.6%
Other services 1,066 4.4%
Professional & business services 978 4.0%
Financial activities 884 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 194 0.8%
Information 116 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.8%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 17,146
Renter-occupied: 7,071

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,086 votes cast

Republican 19,714 72.8%
Democratic 7,137 26.3%
Other / third-party 235 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 850 1.6%
Other Indo-European 153 0.3%
German 29 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.0%
Other 18 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,217
Family households: 15,427; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,912
Single-mother households: 1,898
Veterans: 3,362; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,285 44.2%
Black Protestant 5,144 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,540 4.4%
Catholic 1,206 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 336 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 31st 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: Tuscumbia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 35.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023