Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Alabama

Republican +9.0 (2024)

County seat: Huntsville
Judicial district: 23rd Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 433,516; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 405,718.

At a glance

Madison County is a 433,516-person venue. The county population is 63% White and 24% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $89,197, $22,493 above the AL state median of $66,704; 46.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 25.7% of covered employment, average pay $106,791/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.58%, below the 2.86% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 53% to 56% of the vote across the three.

Population: 405,718
Median household income: $86,499
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 63% / 24%.

Madison County has a population of 405,718, with a median age of 38.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.0%; Black residents 23.9%. Independently, 6.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,197; 46.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 250,071 61.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,577 6.8%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 95,562 23.6%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 10,152 2.5%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 19,420 4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,459 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 228 0.1%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,249 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.2

Under 18 87,718 21.6%
18–24 39,167 9.7%
25–44 110,770 27.3%
45–64 104,309 25.7%
65 and over 63,754 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $89,197; 90% interval $86,533–$91,861; +$22,493 vs AL · 2nd of 67
Below poverty line: 9.6%; 90% interval 8.4%–10.8%; −5.6 pp vs AL · 66th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Service-sector economy

None of the heuristic anchors fired (oil & gas <5%, healthcare/education <20%, manufacturing <15%). Top sector: Professional & business services (25.7%).

Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 25.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.58%, below the Alabama state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; −0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $39.0B; 11.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $79,511
Establishments: 14,624

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 60,364 25.7%
Education & health services 44,318 18.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 34,675 14.7%
Manufacturing 27,162 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 24,079 10.2%
Public administration 22,149 9.4%
Construction 8,088 3.4%
Financial activities 7,352 3.1%
Other services 4,215 1.8%
Information 2,074 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 443 0.2%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 68.3%; −1.9 pp vs AL · 51st of 67
Median gross rent: $1,209; +$202 vs AL · 4th of 67
Owner-occupied: 112,734
Renter-occupied: 52,297

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 59% 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 (Public administration, $117,383/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,013/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Madison County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 53.7% in 2024, 52.8% in 2020, 55.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 196,355 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 10.8% of the adult civilian population (34,400 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 16,052 4.2%
German or other West Germanic 1,752 0.5%
Chinese 1,542 0.4%
Korean 1,449 0.4%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 870 0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 660 0.2%
Vietnamese 634 0.2%
Arabic 588 0.2%
Tagalog 517 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 165,031
Family households: 102,468; 62.1% of households
Married couples w/ children: 28,538; 27.9% of families
Single-mother families: 9,171; 9.0% of families
Veterans: 34,400; 10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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%; ±0.5 pp
Uninsured: 7.7%; ±0.5 pp; 53rd of 67
With a disability: 13.8%; ±0.6 pp; 63rd of 67
Bachelor's or higher: 46.4%; ±1 pp; +18.0 pp vs AL · 2nd of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 8.3%; 90% interval 7.6%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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

Madison totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities: 44; 13.84 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 43

NHTSA FARS 2024

Civil docket composition

Filings in this county, 2025

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 21.2% of 2,556 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 17.8%.

Contract, ejectment and seizure 542 21.2%
Motor-vehicle negligence 454 17.8%
Account collection 422 16.5%
Other civil 329 12.9%
Workers' compensation 136 5.3%
Equity, non-damage 126 4.9%

A further 138 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.

State judiciary caseload statistics

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	55.9%	39.2%
2020	52.8%	44.8%
2024	53.7%	44.7%