Jury Pool Profile

Lamar County, Alabama

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 13,809
Median household income: $47,447
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,954 86.6%
Black or African American alone 1,282 9.3%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 51 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 65 0.5%
Two or more races 437 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 255 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 3,085 22.3%
18–24 898 6.5%
25–44 3,048 22.1%
45–64 3,715 26.9%
65 and over 3,063 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $473.5M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,837
Establishments: 300

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,196 35.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 632 18.6%
Education & health services 572 16.8%
Professional & business services 267 7.8%
Public administration 198 5.8%
Leisure & hospitality 186 5.5%
Financial activities 112 3.3%
Construction 73 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 58 1.7%
Other services 38 1.1%
Information 12 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $548
Owner-occupied: 3,692
Renter-occupied: 1,295

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,875 votes cast

Republican 6,033 87.8%
Democratic 806 11.7%
Other / third-party 36 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 94 0.7%
German 27 0.2%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,987
Family households: 3,430; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,678
Single-mother households: 304
Veterans: 735; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,141 58.3%
Black Protestant 906 6.5%
Mainline Protestant 677 4.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 22.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Carrollton, Fayette, Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023