Jury Pool Profile

Mobile County, Alabama

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 413,162
Median household income: $58,119
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 231,919 56.1%
Black or African American alone 148,900 36.0%
Asian alone 8,603 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,617 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 160 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,105 1.2%
Two or more races 16,858 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,778 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 96,676 23.4%
18–24 36,238 8.8%
25–44 108,021 26.1%
45–64 102,119 24.7%
65 and over 70,108 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $30.1B; 9.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,700
Establishments: 12,216

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 42,776 24.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 40,557 23.1%
Professional & business services 20,282 11.6%
Manufacturing 17,741 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 17,455 10.0%
Construction 12,792 7.3%
Financial activities 7,821 4.5%
Public administration 7,343 4.2%
Other services 5,524 3.2%
Information 1,773 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,076 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.9%
Median gross rent: $1,021
Owner-occupied: 104,128
Renter-occupied: 56,379

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 174,545 votes cast

Republican 100,759 57.7%
Democratic 72,055 41.3%
Other / third-party 1,731 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,629 2.0%
Vietnamese 3,011 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,386 0.4%
Chinese 1,078 0.3%
Arabic 877 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 778 0.2%
Tagalog 682 0.2%
German 638 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 559 0.1%
Other 473 0.1%
Slavic languages 341 0.1%
Korean 154 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 160,507
Family households: 101,014; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 68,177
Single-mother households: 12,901
Veterans: 25,349; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 173,162 41.7%
Black Protestant 49,799 12.0%
Catholic 44,257 10.7%
Mainline Protestant 24,301 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,782 2.6%
Orthodox 405 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 11 (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: Mobile

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 89; 28.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 84

NHTSA FARS 2023