Escambia County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,968 60.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 862 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,770 29.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 165 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,759 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,011 2.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 94 0.3%

• Under 18 8,308 22.7%
• 18–24 2,684 7.3%
• 25–44 9,606 26.2%
• 45–64 9,076 24.8%
• 65 and over 6,955 19.0%

Median household income

$56,963

90% interval $52,542–$61,384

−$9,741 vs AL · 33rd of 67

Below poverty line

19.7%

90% interval 15.6%–23.8%

+4.5 pp vs AL · 23rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+1.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,019

Establishments

953

• Education & health services 2,547 19.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,541 19.6%
• Public administration 1,780 13.7%
• Manufacturing 1,529 11.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,117 8.6%
• Professional & business services 887 6.8%
• Financial activities 437 3.4%

The sectors listed cover 83.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.9%

+0.7 pp vs AL · 46th of 67

Median gross rent

$766

−$241 vs AL · 37th of 67

Owner-occupied

9,087

Renter-occupied

3,721

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $72,922/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,223/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 505 1.5%
• Chinese 51 0.1%
• Tagalog 29 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 16 0.0%
• Vietnamese 11 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 6 0.0%

Households

12,808

Family households

7,907

61.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,863

23.6% of families

Single-mother families

748

9.5% of families

Veterans

2,075

7.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.8%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

9.2%

±1.8 pp

28th of 67

With a disability

21.3%

±1.7 pp

17th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.5%

±1.7 pp

−14.9 pp vs AL · 57th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.2%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

9

31.78 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 25.9% of 228 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 16.2%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 59 25.9%
• Account collection 49 21.5%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 37 16.2%
• Other civil 22 9.6%
• Negligence, general 12 5.3%
• Equity, non-damage 11 4.8%

A further 26 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.