Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Alabama

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 31,978
Median household income: $51,493
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,208 75.7%
Black or African American alone 1,287 4.0%
Asian alone 37 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 274 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,313 13.5%
Two or more races 1,853 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,341 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 8,025 25.1%
18–24 2,797 8.7%
25–44 7,531 23.6%
45–64 8,132 25.4%
65 and over 5,493 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,266
Establishments: 691

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,631 42.3%
Education & health services 2,132 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,644 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 651 5.9%
Public administration 527 4.8%
Financial activities 422 3.9%
Professional & business services 340 3.1%
Construction 217 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 175 1.6%
Other services 140 1.3%
Information 28 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $667
Owner-occupied: 8,319
Renter-occupied: 3,274

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,077 votes cast

Republican 10,417 86.3%
Democratic 1,568 13.0%
Other / third-party 92 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,028 16.9%
Other 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,593
Family households: 7,666; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,815
Single-mother households: 783
Veterans: 1,178; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023