Coosa County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,789 65.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 253 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,007 29.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 29 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 215 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,795 17.4%
• 18–24 698 6.8%
• 25–44 2,013 19.5%
• 45–64 3,187 30.9%
• 65 and over 2,607 25.3%

Median household income

$53,054

90% interval $47,097–$59,011

−$13,650 vs AL · 46th of 67

Below poverty line

19.1%

90% interval 14.7%–23.5%

+3.9 pp vs AL · 24th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

+0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$252.4M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,141

Establishments

166

• Trade, transportation & utilities 203 13.9%
• Public administration 163 11.2%
• Education & health services 135 9.3%
• Professional & business services 63 4.3%

The sectors listed cover 38.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.6%

+11.4 pp vs AL · 5th of 67

Median gross rent

$665

−$342 vs AL · 57th of 67

Owner-occupied

3,604

Renter-occupied

814

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 34% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $109,686/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Public administration, $37,945/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,758 71.4%
• Democratic 1,478 28.1%
• Other / third-party 28 0.5%

• Spanish 237 2.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%

Households

4,418

Family households

2,797

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

415

14.8% of families

Single-mother families

343

12.3% of families

Veterans

630

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,013 38.6%
• Black Protestant 510 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217 2.1%
• Mainline Protestant 161 1.6%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.5 pp

54th of 67

With a disability

25.8%

±3.6 pp

2nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±3.4 pp

−14.5 pp vs AL · 55th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 8.9%–11.5% · 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

6

70.55 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 32.4% of 68 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 14.7%.

• Account collection 22 32.4%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 16 23.5%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 10 14.7%
• Other civil 7 10.3%
• Condemnation 2 2.9%
• Equity, non-damage 2 2.9%

A further 8 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.