Marion County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,173 89.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 925 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,013 3.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 86 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 909 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 14 0.0%

• Under 18 6,163 21.1%
• 18–24 2,165 7.4%
• 25–44 6,671 22.9%
• 45–64 7,934 27.2%
• 65 and over 6,251 21.4%

Median household income

$52,965

90% interval $47,514–$58,416

−$13,739 vs AL · 47th of 67

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 12.8%–19.8%

+1.1 pp vs AL · 46th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

+0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,597

Establishments

741

• Manufacturing 3,807 37.9%
• Education & health services 2,176 21.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,805 17.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 685 6.8%
• Public administration 583 5.8%
• Financial activities 412 4.1%
• Professional & business services 173 1.7%
• Construction 140 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 119 1.2%
• Other services 93 0.9%
• Information 42 0.4%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

Home ownership

76.8%

+6.6 pp vs AL · 25th of 67

Median gross rent

$630

−$377 vs AL · 61st of 67

Owner-occupied

8,148

Renter-occupied

2,466

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $70,593/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,820/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,245 90.5%
• Democratic 1,197 8.9%
• Other / third-party 81 0.6%

• Spanish 346 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 43 0.2%
• Chinese 28 0.1%
• Korean 25 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

10,614

Family households

6,817

64.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,421

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

588

8.6% of families

Veterans

1,505

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,537 49.5%
• Mainline Protestant 943 3.2%
• Catholic 559 1.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 231 0.8%
• Black Protestant 152 0.5%

Health insured

89.3%

±2 pp

Uninsured

10.7%

±2 pp

15th of 67

With a disability

26.8%

±2.1 pp

1st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.3%

±1.7 pp

−15.1 pp vs AL · 59th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.8%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Double Springs, Hamilton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

56.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 23.8% of 143 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 9.8%.

• Account collection 34 23.8%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 31 21.7%
• Other civil 20 14.0%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 14 9.8%
• Equity, non-damage 7 4.9%
• Negligence, general 6 4.2%

A further 25 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.