Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, Alabama

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 98,712
Median household income: $60,946
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 81,021 82.1%
Black or African American alone 2,579 2.6%
Asian alone 634 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,380 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 74 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,148 6.2%
Two or more races 6,876 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,360 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.6

Under 18 25,531 25.9%
18–24 8,088 8.2%
25–44 23,626 23.9%
45–64 24,711 25.0%
65 and over 16,756 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.3B; 1.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,206
Establishments: 2,582

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 12,713 31.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,417 20.6%
Education & health services 7,399 18.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,043 9.9%
Professional & business services 2,955 7.2%
Public administration 1,416 3.5%
Construction 1,318 3.2%
Financial activities 1,306 3.2%
Other services 602 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 311 0.8%
Information 284 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.5%
Median gross rent: $765
Owner-occupied: 27,144
Renter-occupied: 8,819

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 40,277 votes cast

Republican 34,434 85.5%
Democratic 5,553 13.8%
Other / third-party 290 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,695 12.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 337 0.4%
Other Indo-European 172 0.2%
Other 160 0.2%
Tagalog 104 0.1%
German 99 0.1%
Chinese 91 0.1%
Vietnamese 64 0.1%
Korean 52 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,963
Family households: 25,353; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 18,699
Single-mother households: 2,216
Veterans: 5,463; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 46,814 48.0%
Catholic 7,903 8.1%
Mainline Protestant 6,268 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,248 1.3%
Black Protestant 860 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th 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: Guntersville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 30.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023