Jury Pool Profile

Houston County, Alabama

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 107,628
Median household income: $57,531
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,462 65.5%
Black or African American alone 29,302 27.2%
Asian alone 1,077 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 262 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,442 1.3%
Two or more races 5,034 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,680 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 24,812 23.1%
18–24 8,326 7.7%
25–44 27,144 25.2%
45–64 27,557 25.6%
65 and over 19,789 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.0B; 2.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,521
Establishments: 3,720

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 14,332 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,789 27.1%
Leisure & hospitality 5,845 11.5%
Professional & business services 4,434 8.7%
Manufacturing 4,322 8.5%
Public administration 2,615 5.1%
Construction 2,156 4.2%
Financial activities 1,546 3.0%
Other services 1,175 2.3%
Information 369 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 195 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.9%
Median gross rent: $905
Owner-occupied: 27,216
Renter-occupied: 15,365

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 44,195 votes cast

Republican 32,469 73.5%
Democratic 11,352 25.7%
Other / third-party 374 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,937 2.9%
Other Indo-European 510 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 237 0.2%
Vietnamese 146 0.1%
Other 143 0.1%
Tagalog 135 0.1%
German 124 0.1%
Chinese 109 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 88 0.1%
Korean 49 0.0%
Arabic 39 0.0%
Slavic languages 33 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 42,581
Family households: 27,734; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 18,838
Single-mother households: 3,605
Veterans: 8,126; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

84.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 63,764 59.5%
Mainline Protestant 11,165 10.4%
Black Protestant 5,882 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,039 4.7%
Catholic 4,338 4.0%
Orthodox 55 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

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: 12; 14.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023