Dallas County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,801 26.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 360 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 25,754 69.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 226 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 653 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%

• Under 18 8,705 23.6%
• 18–24 2,977 8.1%
• 25–44 8,298 22.5%
• 45–64 9,363 25.4%
• 65 and over 7,515 20.4%

Median household income

$41,409

90% interval $36,872–$45,946

−$25,295 vs AL · 62nd of 67

Below poverty line

29.6%

90% interval 23.4%–35.8%

+14.4 pp vs AL · 7th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+1.83 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,176

Establishments

998

• Education & health services 3,093 26.9%
• Manufacturing 2,378 20.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,832 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 844 7.4%
• Professional & business services 815 7.1%
• Public administration 430 3.7%
• Other services 402 3.5%
• Financial activities 350 3.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.8%

−6.4 pp vs AL · 59th of 67

Median gross rent

$733

−$274 vs AL · 46th of 67

Owner-occupied

10,178

Renter-occupied

5,769

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $72,310/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,393/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 10,236 65.9%
• Republican 5,190 33.4%
• Other / third-party 102 0.7%

• Spanish 156 0.4%
• Vietnamese 48 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 45 0.1%
• Arabic 27 0.1%

Households

15,947

Family households

9,184

57.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,480

16.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,599

17.4% of families

Veterans

1,816

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,644 35.5%
• Black Protestant 4,720 12.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,191 3.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,170 3.0%
• Catholic 472 1.2%

Health insured

91.8%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

8.2%

±1.4 pp

43rd of 67

With a disability

21.6%

±2 pp

15th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

17.5%

±2.2 pp

−10.9 pp vs AL · 33rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.7%–9.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Camden, Centreville, Greensboro, Marion, Selma

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

53.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13

Motor-vehicle negligence was the largest civil litigation category, at 26.0% of 354 filings.

• Motor-vehicle negligence 92 26.0%
• Account collection 83 23.4%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 70 19.8%
• Negligence, general 19 5.4%
• Other civil 18 5.1%
• Other tort 13 3.7%

A further 6 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.