Franklin County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,187 72.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,573 20.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,292 4.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 767 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 23 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 96 0.3%

• Under 18 8,052 25.2%
• 18–24 2,665 8.3%
• 25–44 8,071 25.2%
• 45–64 7,850 24.6%
• 65 and over 5,328 16.7%

Median household income

$56,059

90% interval $50,550–$61,568

−$10,645 vs AL · 35th of 67

Below poverty line

17.9%

90% interval 13.9%–21.9%

+2.7 pp vs AL · 32nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,802

Establishments

701

• Manufacturing 4,730 43.0%
• Education & health services 2,102 19.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,537 14.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 653 5.9%
• Public administration 546 5.0%
• Financial activities 426 3.9%
• Construction 239 2.2%
• Professional & business services 226 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 179 1.6%
• Other services 137 1.2%
• Information 26 0.2%
• Unclassified 10 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.4%

+2.2 pp vs AL · 40th of 67

Median gross rent

$676

−$331 vs AL · 54th of 67

Owner-occupied

8,651

Renter-occupied

3,303

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $63,288/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,411/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 10,417 86.3%
• Democratic 1,568 13.0%
• Other / third-party 92 0.8%

• Spanish 5,217 17.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%
• Chinese 6 0.0%

Households

11,954

Family households

8,125

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,441

30.0% of families

Single-mother families

885

10.9% of families

Veterans

1,025

4.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,251 47.5%
• Catholic 2,031 6.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,269 4.0%
• Black Protestant 786 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 743 2.3%

Health insured

87.3%

±2 pp

Uninsured

12.7%

±2 pp

3rd of 67

With a disability

16.7%

±2 pp

51st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±2.3 pp

−12.6 pp vs AL · 44th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.3%

90% interval 11.9%–14.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

34th 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

Russellville

Traffic fatalities

7

29.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7

Other civil was the largest civil litigation category, at 29.0% of 169 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 10.7%.

• Other civil 49 29.0%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 39 23.1%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 18 10.7%
• Account collection 17 10.1%
• Real property 10 5.9%
• Workers' compensation 10 5.9%

A further 43 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.