Jury Pool Profile

Morgan County, Alabama

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 123,742
Median household income: $64,858
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 93,264 75.4%
Black or African American alone 16,262 13.1%
Asian alone 658 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 866 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 42 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,733 3.8%
Two or more races 7,917 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,626 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 28,884 23.3%
18–24 9,765 7.9%
25–44 30,403 24.6%
45–64 32,567 26.3%
65 and over 22,123 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.4B; 2.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,944
Establishments: 3,362

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 13,573 25.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,024 19.1%
Education & health services 9,392 17.8%
Professional & business services 5,612 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 4,744 9.0%
Construction 3,790 7.2%
Public administration 2,017 3.8%
Financial activities 1,796 3.4%
Other services 1,147 2.2%
Information 301 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 164 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 35,348
Renter-occupied: 13,404

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 53,369 votes cast

Republican 40,449 75.8%
Democratic 12,392 23.2%
Other / third-party 528 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,016 7.8%
Arabic 546 0.5%
Other Indo-European 370 0.3%
German 314 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 149 0.1%
Korean 134 0.1%
Tagalog 99 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 75 0.1%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 48,752
Family households: 32,269; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 23,342
Single-mother households: 3,445
Veterans: 7,465; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 65,140 52.8%
Catholic 7,081 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 6,951 5.6%
Black Protestant 3,984 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,963 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Decatur

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 14.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023