Fayette County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,362 83.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 150 0.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,777 11.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 657 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 40 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 37 0.2%

• Under 18 3,410 21.2%
• 18–24 1,298 8.1%
• 25–44 3,671 22.9%
• 45–64 4,165 25.9%
• 65 and over 3,509 21.9%

Median household income

$54,089

90% interval $48,663–$59,515

−$12,615 vs AL · 41st of 67

Below poverty line

17.5%

90% interval 13.5%–21.5%

+2.3 pp vs AL · 35th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

+0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$480.2M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,504

Establishments

357

• Education & health services 1,209 30.6%
• Manufacturing 695 17.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 683 17.3%
• Natural resources & mining 356 9.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 306 7.8%
• Public administration 277 7.0%
• Construction 122 3.1%
• Financial activities 104 2.6%
• Other services 100 2.5%
• Professional & business services 74 1.9%
• Information 9 0.2%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

Home ownership

78.4%

+8.2 pp vs AL · 13th of 67

Median gross rent

$667

−$340 vs AL · 55th of 67

Owner-occupied

4,905

Renter-occupied

1,350

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $110,867/yr) pays 7.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,573/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 7,158 85.7%
• Democratic 1,142 13.7%
• Other / third-party 56 0.7%

• Spanish 47 0.3%
• Korean 8 0.1%

Households

6,255

Family households

4,219

67.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

972

23.0% of families

Single-mother families

358

8.5% of families

Veterans

773

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,296 50.8%
• Mainline Protestant 868 5.3%
• Black Protestant 496 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 112 0.7%
• Catholic 75 0.5%

Health insured

92.3%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

7.7%

±1.9 pp

52nd of 67

With a disability

23.2%

±2.3 pp

6th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

14.9%

±2.6 pp

−13.5 pp vs AL · 50th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.6%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Carrollton, Fayette, Vernon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

87 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 30.8% of 78 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #5 at 6.4%.

• Account collection 24 30.8%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 23 29.5%
• Other civil 7 9.0%
• Equity, non-damage 5 6.4%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 5 6.4%
• Will, trust, estate and guardianship 4 5.1%

A further 4 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.