Jury Pool Profile

Marengo County, Alabama

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 19,027
Median household income: $44,205
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,571 45.0%
Black or African American alone 9,768 51.3%
Asian alone 64 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 139 0.7%
Two or more races 411 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 452 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 4,286 22.5%
18–24 1,809 9.5%
25–44 4,098 21.5%
45–64 4,992 26.2%
65 and over 3,842 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +1.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,415
Establishments: 568

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,663 22.9%
Manufacturing 1,317 18.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,293 17.8%
Professional & business services 830 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 519 7.1%
Construction 509 7.0%
Natural resources & mining 360 5.0%
Public administration 355 4.9%
Financial activities 244 3.4%
Other services 148 2.0%
Information 25 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.0%
Median gross rent: $722
Owner-occupied: 5,258
Renter-occupied: 2,357

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,673 votes cast

Republican 4,995 51.6%
Democratic 4,631 47.9%
Other / third-party 47 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 219 1.2%
Other Indo-European 55 0.3%
Slavic languages 38 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,615
Family households: 4,577; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,023
Single-mother households: 579
Veterans: 1,423; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

87.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,466 64.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,721 8.9%
Black Protestant 1,490 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 761 3.9%
Catholic 402 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 23.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Eutaw, Linden, Livingston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 67.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023