Lawrence County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,122 75.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,044 3.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,110 9.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 135 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,592 7.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,237 3.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 36 0.1%

• Under 18 7,240 21.8%
• 18–24 2,592 7.8%
• 25–44 7,860 23.6%
• 45–64 9,248 27.8%
• 65 and over 6,336 19.0%

Median household income

$68,936

90% interval $65,708–$72,164

+$2,232 vs AL · 12th of 67

Below poverty line

16.1%

90% interval 13.0%–19.2%

+0.9 pp vs AL · 47th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$864.5M

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,054

Establishments

588

• Education & health services 1,454 26.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,266 22.8%
• Professional & business services 591 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 560 10.1%
• Public administration 508 9.2%
• Financial activities 342 6.2%
• Construction 334 6.0%
• Manufacturing 202 3.6%
• Natural resources & mining 150 2.7%
• Other services 78 1.4%
• Information 34 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.7%

+11.5 pp vs AL · 4th of 67

Median gross rent

$753

−$254 vs AL · 41st of 67

Owner-occupied

11,129

Renter-occupied

2,498

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $87,291/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,245/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 13,024 80.8%
• Democratic 2,983 18.5%
• Other / third-party 108 0.7%

• Spanish 787 2.5%
• Vietnamese 52 0.2%
• Korean 43 0.1%
• Tagalog 22 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.0%
• Chinese 10 0.0%

Households

13,627

Family households

9,415

69.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,234

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

556

5.9% of families

Veterans

1,962

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,692 59.5%
• Black Protestant 2,278 6.9%
• Mainline Protestant 871 2.6%
• Catholic 175 0.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

Health insured

92.0%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±1.3 pp

48th of 67

With a disability

19.6%

±1.9 pp

33rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.2%

±2.6 pp

−13.2 pp vs AL · 46th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.8%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

36th 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

Moulton

Traffic fatalities

11

42.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 29.3% of 167 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #5 at 8.4%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 49 29.3%
• Account collection 32 19.2%
• Other civil 26 15.6%
• Equity, non-damage 15 9.0%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 14 8.4%
• Workers' compensation 9 5.4%

A further 14 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.