Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Alabama

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 669,744
Median household income: $64,589
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 329,852 49.3%
Black or African American alone 284,390 42.5%
Asian alone 12,202 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,510 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 188 0.0%
Some other race alone 16,154 2.4%
Two or more races 25,448 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 35,103 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 154,090 23.0%
18–24 61,061 9.1%
25–44 181,707 27.1%
45–64 162,704 24.3%
65 and over 110,182 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $65.5B; 20.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,562
Establishments: 22,923

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 97,556 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 79,748 21.7%
Professional & business services 49,270 13.4%
Leisure & hospitality 35,905 9.8%
Financial activities 25,757 7.0%
Manufacturing 24,420 6.7%
Construction 19,368 5.3%
Public administration 16,773 4.6%
Other services 10,508 2.9%
Information 6,004 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,304 0.4%
Unclassified 9 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.7%
Median gross rent: $1,132
Owner-occupied: 171,343
Renter-occupied: 97,568

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 296,741 votes cast

Democratic 162,112 54.6%
Republican 131,123 44.2%
Other / third-party 3,506 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 26,853 4.3%
Other Indo-European 4,325 0.7%
Chinese 2,259 0.4%
Arabic 1,931 0.3%
Other 1,699 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,572 0.3%
German 1,508 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,144 0.2%
Korean 773 0.1%
Slavic languages 499 0.1%
Tagalog 499 0.1%
Vietnamese 399 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 268,911
Family households: 163,540; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 107,827
Single-mother households: 21,233
Veterans: 32,752; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

79.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 310,424 46.0%
Black Protestant 101,962 15.1%
Mainline Protestant 60,248 8.9%
Catholic 40,695 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 24,466 3.6%
Orthodox 1,610 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 27 (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: Birmingham

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 112; 21.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 103

NHTSA FARS 2023