Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Alabama

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 52,839
Median household income: $49,454
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,005 89.0%
Black or African American alone 1,607 3.0%
Asian alone 173 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 358 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,267 2.4%
Two or more races 2,404 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,777 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 10,983 20.8%
18–24 3,966 7.5%
25–44 12,307 23.3%
45–64 14,579 27.6%
65 and over 11,004 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,421
Establishments: 1,192

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,648 30.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,651 23.6%
Education & health services 3,132 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,083 7.0%
Public administration 812 5.3%
Construction 712 4.6%
Financial activities 445 2.9%
Professional & business services 433 2.8%
Information 233 1.5%
Other services 187 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 41 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $762
Owner-occupied: 15,898
Renter-occupied: 5,288

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,509 votes cast

Republican 20,073 85.4%
Democratic 3,276 13.9%
Other / third-party 160 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,239 2.5%
Vietnamese 69 0.1%
Tagalog 38 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.1%
German 32 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
Korean 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,186
Family households: 14,103; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 10,411
Single-mother households: 1,137
Veterans: 2,855; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,745 41.4%
Catholic 2,340 4.5%
Black Protestant 1,852 3.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,682 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 707 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Scottsboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 40.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023