Lowndes County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,426 24.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16 0.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,258 73.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 122 1.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,158 21.9%
• 18–24 778 7.9%
• 25–44 2,216 22.5%
• 45–64 2,658 27.0%
• 65 and over 2,023 20.6%

Median household income

$46,580

90% interval $41,177–$51,983

−$20,124 vs AL · 58th of 67

Below poverty line

25.0%

90% interval 18.9%–31.1%

+9.8 pp vs AL · 9th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+2.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$537.8M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,805

Establishments

216

• Manufacturing 968 40.2%
• Education & health services 406 16.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 391 16.3%
• Public administration 223 9.3%
• Natural resources & mining 155 6.4%
• Professional & business services 9 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 89.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+7.3 pp vs AL · 18th of 67

Median gross rent

$710

−$297 vs AL · 50th of 67

Owner-occupied

3,321

Renter-occupied

963

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.1× the lowest ($80,415 vs $37,957/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 3,867 68.4%
• Republican 1,758 31.1%
• Other / third-party 27 0.5%

• Spanish 170 1.8%

Households

4,284

Family households

2,761

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

331

12.0% of families

Single-mother families

532

19.3% of families

Veterans

518

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Black Protestant 2,396 23.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,054 19.9%
• Mainline Protestant 757 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 123 1.2%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.1 pp

55th of 67

With a disability

21.0%

±2.6 pp

24th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

14.4%

±3.6 pp

−14.0 pp vs AL · 52nd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.1%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Greenville, Hayneville, Luverne

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

65.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 25.3% of 83 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 20.5%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 21 25.3%
• Account collection 20 24.1%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 17 20.5%
• Other civil 8 9.6%
• Bad faith, fraud and misrepresentation 4 4.8%
• Negligence, general 4 4.8%

A further 5 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.