Jury Pool Profile

Henry County, Alabama

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 17,450
Median household income: $60,135
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,385 71.0%
Black or African American alone 4,394 25.2%
Asian alone 102 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.1%
Some other race alone 53 0.3%
Two or more races 443 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 374 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 3,570 20.5%
18–24 1,158 6.6%
25–44 3,991 22.9%
45–64 4,658 26.7%
65 and over 4,073 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $681.0M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,425
Establishments: 420

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 897 22.9%
Education & health services 703 17.9%
Manufacturing 515 13.1%
Professional & business services 456 11.6%
Public administration 316 8.1%
Leisure & hospitality 310 7.9%
Natural resources & mining 265 6.8%
Construction 226 5.8%
Financial activities 134 3.4%
Other services 64 1.6%
Information 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.9%
Median gross rent: $770
Owner-occupied: 5,407
Renter-occupied: 1,277

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,301 votes cast

Republican 6,989 75.1%
Democratic 2,263 24.3%
Other / third-party 49 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 203 1.2%
Other Indo-European 41 0.2%
German 40 0.2%
Vietnamese 15 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%
Korean 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,684
Family households: 4,467; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,500
Single-mother households: 231
Veterans: 1,283; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,673 44.8%
Black Protestant 1,762 10.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,116 6.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 22.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Abbeville, Dothan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 21.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023