Montgomery County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 67,336 29.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,234 5.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 133,272 58.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,647 3.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,881 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 95 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 218 0.1%

• Under 18 54,656 24.1%
• 18–24 21,740 9.6%
• 25–44 59,913 26.4%
• 45–64 53,719 23.7%
• 65 and over 36,690 16.2%

Median household income

$61,102

90% interval $57,311–$64,893

−$5,602 vs AL · 23rd of 67

Below poverty line

20.2%

90% interval 17.9%–22.5%

+5.0 pp vs AL · 21st of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

+0.48 pp vs. state

County GDP

$19.9B

6.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,938

Establishments

7,453

• Education & health services 26,452 20.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 23,638 17.9%
• Public administration 21,039 15.9%
• Professional & business services 16,553 12.5%
• Manufacturing 14,835 11.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 12,899 9.8%
• Financial activities 6,026 4.6%
• Construction 5,299 4.0%
• Other services 3,739 2.8%
• Information 1,350 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 170 0.1%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

Home ownership

57.8%

−12.4 pp vs AL · 67th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,092

+$85 vs AL · 6th of 67

Owner-occupied

52,783

Renter-occupied

38,598

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $92,089/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,222/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 57,946 64.8%
• Republican 30,477 34.1%
• Other / third-party 952 1.1%

• Spanish 7,073 3.3%
• Korean 2,971 1.4%
• Chinese 785 0.4%
• Vietnamese 333 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 293 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 229 0.1%
• Tagalog 220 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 192 0.1%
• Arabic 34 0.0%

Households

91,381

Family households

54,674

59.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,416

20.9% of families

Single-mother families

11,480

21.0% of families

Veterans

14,867

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 79,805 34.9%
• Black Protestant 44,538 19.5%
• Mainline Protestant 25,202 11.0%
• Catholic 10,850 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,404 3.7%
• Orthodox 134 0.1%

Health insured

89.7%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±0.7 pp

21st of 67

With a disability

16.5%

±0.9 pp

53rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

34.5%

±1.4 pp

+6.1 pp vs AL · 5th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.9%–10.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

15th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

9 (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

Montgomery

Traffic fatalities

42

24.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

41

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 20.2% of 2,545 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #4 at 17.8%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 513 20.2%
• Account collection 468 18.4%
• Other civil 462 18.2%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 452 17.8%
• Workers' compensation 138 5.4%
• Negligence, general 108 4.2%

A further 206 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.