Jury Pool Profile

Lauderdale County, Alabama

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 95,037
Median household income: $59,082
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 79,325 83.5%
Black or African American alone 9,205 9.7%
Asian alone 578 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 301 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,172 1.2%
Two or more races 4,441 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,163 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 18,548 19.5%
18–24 11,558 12.2%
25–44 21,902 23.0%
45–64 23,857 25.1%
65 and over 19,172 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; +0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 1.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,767
Establishments: 2,558

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,481 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,058 22.9%
Leisure & hospitality 4,811 15.6%
Manufacturing 2,365 7.7%
Professional & business services 2,141 6.9%
Construction 1,842 6.0%
Public administration 1,524 4.9%
Financial activities 1,413 4.6%
Other services 713 2.3%
Information 273 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 155 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 26,304
Renter-occupied: 12,473

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 43,454 votes cast

Republican 32,708 75.3%
Democratic 10,326 23.8%
Other / third-party 420 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,555 2.8%
Vietnamese 245 0.3%
Other Indo-European 183 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 159 0.2%
German 101 0.1%
Tagalog 88 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 85 0.1%
Arabic 56 0.1%
Chinese 39 0.0%
Other 30 0.0%
Slavic languages 24 0.0%
Korean 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 38,777
Family households: 24,684; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 18,296
Single-mother households: 1,873
Veterans: 5,474; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 49,681 53.1%
Mainline Protestant 6,149 6.6%
Black Protestant 3,576 3.8%
Catholic 1,466 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,126 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Florence

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 15.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023