Jury Pool Profile

Escambia County, Alabama

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 36,695
Median household income: $44,447
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,378 61.0%
Black or African American alone 11,255 30.7%
Asian alone 108 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,105 3.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 440 1.2%
Two or more races 1,409 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 835 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 8,353 22.8%
18–24 2,843 7.7%
25–44 9,331 25.4%
45–64 9,254 25.2%
65 and over 6,914 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,384
Establishments: 934

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,552 19.7%
Education & health services 2,532 19.6%
Public administration 1,695 13.1%
Manufacturing 1,606 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,105 8.5%
Professional & business services 872 6.7%
Financial activities 443 3.4%
Construction 429 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 385 3.0%
Other services 193 1.5%
Information 25 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $709
Owner-occupied: 8,779
Renter-occupied: 4,002

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,929 votes cast

Republican 10,884 72.9%
Democratic 3,964 26.6%
Other / third-party 81 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 378 1.1%
Chinese 72 0.2%
Tagalog 22 0.1%
Other 20 0.1%
German 19 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.0%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,781
Family households: 8,135; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,725
Single-mother households: 899
Veterans: 2,179; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,826 53.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,463 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,298 3.5%
Black Protestant 1,181 3.2%
Catholic 316 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Brewton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 31.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023