Morgan County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 89,798 72.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,160 10.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,571 12.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 749 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,220 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 321 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 628 0.5%

• Under 18 29,106 23.4%
• 18–24 10,003 8.0%
• 25–44 30,599 24.6%
• 45–64 32,391 26.0%
• 65 and over 22,372 18.0%

Median household income

$68,601

90% interval $63,817–$73,385

+$1,897 vs AL · 13th of 67

Below poverty line

15.2%

90% interval 13.0%–17.4%

+0.0 pp vs AL · 53rd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.4B

2.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,536

Establishments

3,399

• Manufacturing 14,870 27.3%
• Education & health services 9,812 18.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,778 17.9%
• Professional & business services 5,605 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,913 9.0%
• Construction 3,974 7.3%
• Public administration 2,079 3.8%
• Financial activities 1,822 3.3%
• Other services 1,138 2.1%
• Information 301 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 199 0.4%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

Home ownership

72.7%

+2.5 pp vs AL · 39th of 67

Median gross rent

$864

−$143 vs AL · 21st of 67

Owner-occupied

35,644

Renter-occupied

13,396

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $86,288/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,284/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 8,878 7.6%
• Arabic 633 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 275 0.2%
• Korean 113 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 72 0.1%
• Tagalog 54 0.0%
• Chinese 44 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.0%
• Vietnamese 16 0.0%

Households

49,040

Family households

31,905

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,869

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

3,341

10.5% of families

Veterans

7,714

8.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.1%

±1 pp

Uninsured

10.9%

±1 pp

14th of 67

With a disability

18.0%

±1.2 pp

40th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±1.3 pp

−5.1 pp vs AL · 14th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.8%–11.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

25

26.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

23

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 19.5% of 672 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 16.2%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 131 19.5%
• Account collection 112 16.7%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 109 16.2%
• Other civil 77 11.5%
• Condemnation 60 8.9%
• Workers' compensation 44 6.5%

A further 20 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.