Jury Pool Profile
Hale County, Alabama
Democratic +7 (2024)
- Population
- 14,749
- Median household income
- $41,325
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,666 38.4%
- Black or African American alone 8,225 55.8%
- Asian alone 8 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 92 0.6%
- Two or more races 719 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 129 0.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41
- Under 18 3,515 23.8%
- 18–24 1,266 8.6%
- 25–44 3,383 22.9%
- 45–64 3,649 24.7%
- 65 and over 2,936 19.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.3%
- +1.54 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $385.5M
- 0.12% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,126
- Establishments
- 331
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 856 32.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 387 14.8%
- Manufacturing 369 14.2%
- Public administration 253 9.7%
- Natural resources & mining 186 7.1%
- Construction 174 6.7%
- Professional & business services 117 4.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 117 4.5%
- Financial activities 90 3.5%
- Other services 48 1.8%
- Information 4 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 77.0%
- Median gross rent
- $723
- Owner-occupied
- 4,267
- Renter-occupied
- 1,274
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,290 votes cast
- Democratic 3,868 53.1%
- Republican 3,369 46.2%
- Other / third-party 53 0.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 133 1.0%
- German 10 0.1%
- Korean 8 0.1%
- Other 5 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,541
- Family households
- 3,050
- 55.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,970
- Single-mother households
- 193
- Veterans
- 784
- 7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
53.9% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.7%
- With a disability
- 25.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 26.7 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023