Hale County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,645 38.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 195 1.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,103 54.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 811 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,584 24.2%
• 18–24 1,067 7.2%
• 25–44 3,592 24.2%
• 45–64 3,621 24.4%
• 65 and over 2,965 20.0%

Median household income

$50,041

90% interval $44,399–$55,683

−$16,663 vs AL · 52nd of 67

Below poverty line

21.0%

90% interval 15.8%–26.2%

+5.8 pp vs AL · 18th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+1.72 pp vs. state

County GDP

$385.5M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,832

Establishments

348

• Education & health services 865 32.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 395 14.8%
• Manufacturing 367 13.8%
• Public administration 265 9.9%
• Natural resources & mining 189 7.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 144 5.4%
• Professional & business services 109 4.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.4%

+4.2 pp vs AL · 35th of 67

Median gross rent

$715

−$292 vs AL · 49th of 67

Owner-occupied

4,197

Renter-occupied

1,445

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $86,324/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,033/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 3,868 53.1%
• Republican 3,369 46.2%
• Other / third-party 53 0.7%

• Spanish 79 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 50 0.4%
• Korean 15 0.1%

Households

5,642

Family households

3,075

54.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

463

15.1% of families

Single-mother families

246

8.0% of families

Veterans

783

7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,185 28.3%
• Black Protestant 2,688 18.2%
• Mainline Protestant 818 5.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 146 1.0%
• Catholic 137 0.9%

Health insured

93.8%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±1.9 pp

67th of 67

With a disability

24.4%

±3.8 pp

4th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

17.6%

±3.4 pp

−10.8 pp vs AL · 32nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.0%–11.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Camden, Centreville, Greensboro, Marion, Selma

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

35.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4

Motor-vehicle negligence was the largest civil litigation category, at 36.3% of 113 filings.

• Motor-vehicle negligence 41 36.3%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 25 22.1%
• Account collection 11 9.7%
• Other civil 9 8.0%
• Certificate modification / preservation 4 3.5%
• Equity, non-damage 4 3.5%

A further 1 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.