Jury Pool Profile

Dale County, Alabama

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 49,516
Median household income: $53,955
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,971 68.6%
Black or African American alone 10,504 21.2%
Asian alone 654 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 333 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 37 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,227 2.5%
Two or more races 2,790 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,431 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 11,518 23.3%
18–24 4,166 8.4%
25–44 12,944 26.1%
45–64 11,996 24.2%
65 and over 8,892 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 1.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,321
Establishments: 1,130

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,996 21.9%
Education & health services 3,827 21.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,393 18.6%
Public administration 2,319 12.7%
Professional & business services 1,759 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,383 7.6%
Construction 708 3.9%
Financial activities 410 2.2%
Other services 216 1.2%
Information 122 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 87 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.3%
Median gross rent: $863
Owner-occupied: 12,127
Renter-occupied: 7,642

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,103 votes cast

Republican 14,476 75.8%
Democratic 4,484 23.5%
Other / third-party 143 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,082 4.5%
German 231 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 185 0.4%
Other Indo-European 133 0.3%
Korean 110 0.2%
Chinese 71 0.2%
Tagalog 54 0.1%
Vietnamese 46 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.1%
Other 16 0.0%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,769
Family households: 12,374; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 8,551
Single-mother households: 1,795
Veterans: 5,195; 14.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 17,813 36.1%
Black Protestant 2,578 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,430 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,675 3.4%
Catholic 341 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd 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: Geneva, Ozark

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 28.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023