Jury Pool Profile

Elmore County, Alabama

Republican +52.0 (2024)

County seat: Wetumpka
Judicial district: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 91,577; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 89,526.

At a glance

Elmore County is a 91,577-person venue. The county population is 73% White and 21% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $80,024, $13,320 above the AL state median of $66,704; 25.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 22.5% of covered employment, average pay $40,721/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.45%, below the 2.86% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 76% of the vote across the three.

Population: 89,526
Median household income: $78,243
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 73% / 21%.

Elmore County has a population of 89,526, with a median age of 39.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 72.8%; Black residents 21.2%. Independently, 3.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $80,024; 25.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 64,263 71.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,034 3.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 18,857 21.1%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 450 0.5%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,702 3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 132 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 80 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 19,313 21.6%
18–24 7,617 8.5%
25–44 24,272 27.1%
45–64 23,521 26.3%
65 and over 14,803 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $80,024; 90% interval $73,669–$86,379; +$13,320 vs AL · 4th of 67
Below poverty line: 11.1%; 90% interval 8.6%–13.6%; −4.1 pp vs AL · 62nd of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 20.1%.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 22.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.45%, below the Alabama state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; −0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,058
Establishments: 1,891

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,997 22.5%
Education & health services 4,456 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 3,748 16.9%
Manufacturing 2,267 10.2%
Professional & business services 1,731 7.8%
Public administration 1,568 7.1%
Construction 1,080 4.9%
Financial activities 739 3.3%
Other services 524 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 160 0.7%
Information 104 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 96.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 77.0%; +6.8 pp vs AL · 23rd of 67
Median gross rent: $1,071; +$64 vs AL · 8th of 67
Owner-occupied: 25,290
Renter-occupied: 7,566

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Information, $88,951/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,099/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Elmore County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.6% in 2024, 73.5% in 2020, 74.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,491 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 31,374 75.6%
Democratic 9,774 23.6%
Other / third-party 343 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 9.4% of the adult civilian population (6,560 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,538 1.8%
German or other West Germanic 156 0.2%
Korean 55 0.1%
Vietnamese 42 0.0%
Arabic 36 0.0%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 22 0.0%
Tagalog 22 0.0%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 32,856
Family households: 23,615; 71.9% of households
Married couples w/ children: 6,115; 25.9% of families
Single-mother families: 2,722; 11.5% of families
Veterans: 6,560; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

46.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 30,900 35.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,867 5.5%
Black Protestant 2,084 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,649 1.9%
Catholic 1,132 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%; ±0.9 pp
Uninsured: 7.7%; ±0.9 pp; 51st of 67
With a disability: 15.2%; ±1 pp; 58th of 67
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%; ±1.7 pp; −3.0 pp vs AL · 13th of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 7.9%; 90% interval 7.1%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Clanton, Prattville, Wetumpka

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Elmore totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 8 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 8; 11.39 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2024

Civil docket composition

Filings in this county, 2025

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 23.0% of 456 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 15.1%.

Contract, ejectment and seizure 105 23.0%
Account collection 102 22.4%
Other civil 73 16.0%
Motor-vehicle negligence 69 15.1%
Equity, non-damage 28 6.1%
Negligence, general 16 3.5%

A further 95 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.

State judiciary caseload statistics

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	74.8%	22.9%
2020	73.5%	25.3%
2024	75.6%	23.6%