Jury Pool Profile

Covington County, Alabama

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 37,647
Median household income: $50,886
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,325 83.2%
Black or African American alone 4,417 11.7%
Asian alone 151 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 83 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 245 0.7%
Two or more races 1,426 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 727 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 8,319 22.1%
18–24 2,869 7.6%
25–44 8,431 22.4%
45–64 9,780 26.0%
65 and over 8,248 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,800
Establishments: 1,134

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,492 28.7%
Education & health services 3,035 24.9%
Manufacturing 1,662 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,114 9.2%
Public administration 692 5.7%
Professional & business services 665 5.5%
Construction 559 4.6%
Financial activities 447 3.7%
Other services 266 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 168 1.4%
Information 55 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $736
Owner-occupied: 10,975
Renter-occupied: 3,520

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,072 votes cast

Republican 14,677 86.0%
Democratic 2,314 13.6%
Other / third-party 81 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 453 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 87 0.2%
German 48 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.0%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,495
Family households: 9,579; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 7,015
Single-mother households: 912
Veterans: 2,698; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,437 49.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,000 5.3%
Black Protestant 468 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 459 1.2%
Catholic 369 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.7%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Andalusia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 23.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023