Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Alabama

Democratic +31 (2024)

Population: 227,197
Median household income: $58,153
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 72,196 31.8%
Black or African American alone 133,683 58.8%
Asian alone 7,411 3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 374 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,348 1.5%
Two or more races 10,170 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,796 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

Under 18 54,708 24.1%
18–24 21,891 9.6%
25–44 60,098 26.5%
45–64 54,538 24.0%
65 and over 35,962 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; +0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $19.9B; 6.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,610
Establishments: 7,267

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 26,298 19.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 23,875 18.0%
Public administration 21,022 15.8%
Professional & business services 16,894 12.7%
Manufacturing 15,108 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 12,886 9.7%
Financial activities 6,188 4.7%
Construction 5,154 3.9%
Other services 3,857 2.9%
Information 1,337 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 132 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.7%
Median gross rent: $1,061
Owner-occupied: 52,387
Renter-occupied: 38,398

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 89,375 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,769 3.2%
Korean 3,048 1.4%
Other Indo-European 1,458 0.7%
Other 1,022 0.5%
Chinese 759 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 525 0.2%
Vietnamese 254 0.1%
German 225 0.1%
Tagalog 218 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 216 0.1%
Slavic languages 144 0.1%
Arabic 23 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 90,785
Family households: 54,461; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 31,520
Single-mother households: 11,212
Veterans: 15,191; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.4%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 22.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 37

NHTSA FARS 2023