Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Alabama

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 19,580
Median household income: $40,225
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,513 53.7%
Black or African American alone 8,260 42.2%
Asian alone 65 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 198 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 46 0.2%
Some other race alone 19 0.1%
Two or more races 479 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 4,154 21.2%
18–24 1,920 9.8%
25–44 4,005 20.5%
45–64 5,358 27.4%
65 and over 4,143 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +2.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $848.1M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,376
Establishments: 488

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,564 26.3%
Education & health services 1,323 22.2%
Manufacturing 1,195 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 399 6.7%
Professional & business services 346 5.8%
Public administration 312 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 250 4.2%
Other services 176 3.0%
Construction 174 2.9%
Financial activities 158 2.7%
Information 45 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.2%
Median gross rent: $721
Owner-occupied: 5,193
Renter-occupied: 2,203

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,799 votes cast

Republican 6,007 61.3%
Democratic 3,740 38.2%
Other / third-party 52 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Arabic 60 0.3%
Spanish 33 0.2%
Korean 25 0.1%
German 11 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
Tagalog 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,396
Family households: 4,469; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,110
Single-mother households: 455
Veterans: 828; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,471 42.8%
Black Protestant 2,892 14.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,090 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 390 2.0%
Catholic 144 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th 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: Evergreen, Monroeville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 38.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023