Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Alabama

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 397,135
Median household income: $83,528
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 255,048 64.2%
Black or African American alone 96,369 24.3%
Asian alone 10,270 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,224 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 274 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,355 2.1%
Two or more races 24,595 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,948 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.2

Under 18 86,354 21.7%
18–24 38,222 9.6%
25–44 107,037 27.0%
45–64 104,126 26.2%
65 and over 61,396 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $39.0B; 11.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,051
Establishments: 13,778

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 58,890 25.6%
Education & health services 43,567 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 33,969 14.8%
Manufacturing 27,051 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 22,425 9.8%
Public administration 22,056 9.6%
Construction 7,790 3.4%
Financial activities 7,263 3.2%
Other services 4,109 1.8%
Information 2,075 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 482 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $1,116
Owner-occupied: 111,741
Renter-occupied: 50,728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 196,355 votes cast

Republican 105,430 53.7%
Democratic 87,824 44.7%
Other / third-party 3,101 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 15,855 4.2%
Other Indo-European 2,077 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,006 0.5%
German 1,658 0.4%
Chinese 1,572 0.4%
Korean 1,187 0.3%
Other 987 0.3%
Vietnamese 887 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 670 0.2%
Slavic languages 630 0.2%
Arabic 454 0.1%
Tagalog 373 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 162,469
Family households: 103,112; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 77,316
Single-mother households: 9,947
Veterans: 34,392; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 138,450 35.7%
Mainline Protestant 35,652 9.2%
Catholic 34,323 8.8%
Black Protestant 25,922 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,290 3.4%
Orthodox 327 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 45.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Huntsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 51; 16.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 48

NHTSA FARS 2023