Macon County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,137 16.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 408 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14,488 77.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 55 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 577 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20 0.1%

• Under 18 2,887 15.4%
• 18–24 4,367 23.4%
• 25–44 3,289 17.6%
• 45–64 4,181 22.4%
• 65 and over 3,967 21.2%

Median household income

$43,643

90% interval $39,415–$47,871

−$23,061 vs AL · 60th of 67

Below poverty line

30.8%

90% interval 24.1%–37.5%

+15.6 pp vs AL · 5th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+1.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$764.9M

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,494

Establishments

321

• Education & health services 2,273 45.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 479 9.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 436 8.8%
• Public administration 424 8.6%
• Professional & business services 284 5.7%
• Financial activities 152 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 81.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.5%

−8.7 pp vs AL · 63rd of 67

Median gross rent

$734

−$273 vs AL · 44th of 67

Owner-occupied

4,454

Renter-occupied

2,783

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Education & health services, $72,446/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,494/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 6,084 77.8%
• Republican 1,682 21.5%
• Other / third-party 54 0.7%

• Spanish 285 1.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 46 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 16 0.1%
• Korean 12 0.1%

Households

7,237

Family households

4,121

56.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

328

8.0% of families

Single-mother families

987

24.0% of families

Veterans

986

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Black Protestant 5,707 29.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,145 16.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,188 11.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 520 2.7%
• Catholic 86 0.4%

Health insured

90.6%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

9.4%

±1.9 pp

27th of 67

With a disability

17.3%

±2.2 pp

46th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±2.6 pp

−7.3 pp vs AL · 21st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.3%–10.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Dadeville, LaFayette, Tuskegee, Wedowee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

50.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8

Motor-vehicle negligence was the largest civil litigation category, at 29.2% of 233 filings.

• Motor-vehicle negligence 68 29.2%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 42 18.0%
• Negligence, general 36 15.5%
• Other civil 25 10.7%
• Account collection 15 6.4%
• Equity, non-damage 11 4.7%

A further 3 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.