Jury Pool Profile

DeKalb County, Alabama

Republican +74 (2024)

Population: 71,946
Median household income: $51,149
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 58,471 81.3%
Black or African American alone 923 1.3%
Asian alone 145 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,059 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 418 0.6%
Some other race alone 6,809 9.5%
Two or more races 4,121 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,987 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 17,442 24.2%
18–24 6,040 8.4%
25–44 17,278 24.0%
45–64 18,679 26.0%
65 and over 12,507 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.94% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,391
Establishments: 1,482

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,443 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,443 23.3%
Education & health services 4,974 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,024 8.7%
Professional & business services 1,280 5.5%
Public administration 1,055 4.5%
Construction 744 3.2%
Financial activities 555 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 350 1.5%
Other services 286 1.2%
Information 166 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $683
Owner-occupied: 19,916
Renter-occupied: 6,030

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,583 votes cast

Republican 25,633 86.6%
Democratic 3,758 12.7%
Other / third-party 192 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,378 13.9%
Other 234 0.3%
Other Indo-European 103 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.1%
German 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 38 0.1%
Vietnamese 27 0.0%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,946
Family households: 18,309; 70.6% of households
Married w/ children: 14,334
Single-mother households: 1,216
Veterans: 3,346; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 34,683 48.4%
Catholic 5,787 8.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,217 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,129 1.6%
Black Protestant 450 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.0%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: Centre, Fort Payne

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 20.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023