Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Alabama

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 177,663
Median household income: $61,123
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 120,347 67.7%
Black or African American alone 39,670 22.3%
Asian alone 7,605 4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 505 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 64 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,795 1.6%
Two or more races 6,677 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,335 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.6

Under 18 37,567 21.1%
18–24 30,221 17.0%
25–44 46,378 26.1%
45–64 40,527 22.8%
65 and over 22,970 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.3B; 2.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,394
Establishments: 4,362

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 19,291 28.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,212 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 10,085 15.1%
Professional & business services 7,249 10.9%
Manufacturing 7,100 10.7%
Construction 3,261 4.9%
Financial activities 2,043 3.1%
Public administration 1,999 3.0%
Other services 1,232 1.8%
Information 633 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 404 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.7%
Median gross rent: $999
Owner-occupied: 44,659
Renter-occupied: 23,285

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 72,695 votes cast

Republican 46,020 63.3%
Democratic 25,798 35.5%
Other / third-party 877 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,239 3.7%
Korean 2,806 1.7%
Chinese 1,450 0.9%
Other Indo-European 1,144 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 701 0.4%
German 612 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 529 0.3%
Vietnamese 388 0.2%
Other 266 0.2%
Arabic 170 0.1%
Tagalog 104 0.1%
Slavic languages 61 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,944
Family households: 40,471; 59.6% of households
Married w/ children: 30,857
Single-mother households: 3,710
Veterans: 10,163; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,178 17.9%
Mainline Protestant 12,672 7.3%
Black Protestant 8,672 5.0%
Catholic 6,545 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,295 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th 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: Opelika

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 17.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023