Perry County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,236 27.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17 0.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,720 71.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 58 0.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,709 21.3%
• 18–24 1,051 13.1%
• 25–44 1,605 20.0%
• 45–64 1,930 24.0%
• 65 and over 1,736 21.6%

Median household income

$37,105

90% interval $32,662–$41,548

−$29,599 vs AL · 63rd of 67

Below poverty line

29.8%

90% interval 21.8%–37.8%

+14.6 pp vs AL · 6th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.3%

+3.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$260.0M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,485

Establishments

193

• Education & health services 611 34.2%
• Manufacturing 330 18.5%
• Public administration 269 15.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 218 12.2%
• Professional & business services 165 9.2%

The sectors listed cover 89.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+7.3 pp vs AL · 19th of 67

Median gross rent

$592

−$415 vs AL · 63rd of 67

Owner-occupied

2,667

Renter-occupied

773

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.6× the lowest ($54,626 vs $33,116/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 3,174 71.2%
• Republican 1,269 28.5%
• Other / third-party 14 0.3%

• Spanish 24 0.3%

Households

3,440

Family households

2,336

67.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

145

6.2% of families

Single-mother families

415

17.8% of families

Veterans

238

3.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,657 31.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,013 11.9%
• Black Protestant 1,000 11.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

Health insured

92.8%

±4.3 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

23.0%

±3.1 pp

8th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

15.8%

±3.8 pp

−12.6 pp vs AL · 45th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 7.7%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th 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

Camden, Centreville, Greensboro, Marion, Selma

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

79.09 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 29.1% of 79 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 26.6%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 23 29.1%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 21 26.6%
• Account collection 11 13.9%
• Equity, non-damage 8 10.1%
• Other civil 4 5.1%
• Negligence, general 3 3.8%

A further 5 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.