Pickens County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,888 52.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 666 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,649 40.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 409 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 56 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 43 0.2%

• Under 18 3,584 19.1%
• 18–24 1,621 8.7%
• 25–44 4,969 26.5%
• 45–64 4,824 25.8%
• 65 and over 3,723 19.9%

Median household income

$48,960

90% interval $43,872–$54,048

−$17,744 vs AL · 56th of 67

Below poverty line

22.0%

90% interval 16.5%–27.5%

+6.8 pp vs AL · 12th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.99 pp vs. state

County GDP

$568.8M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,102

Establishments

378

• Education & health services 884 24.0%
• Manufacturing 663 18.0%
• Public administration 579 15.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 523 14.2%
• Construction 365 9.9%
• Natural resources & mining 162 4.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 130 3.5%
• Professional & business services 113 3.1%
• Other services 93 2.5%
• Financial activities 88 2.4%
• Information 35 1.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.8%

+5.6 pp vs AL · 31st of 67

Median gross rent

$648

−$359 vs AL · 60th of 67

Owner-occupied

5,128

Renter-occupied

1,636

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $72,550/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,478/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,465 61.4%
• Democratic 3,388 38.1%
• Other / third-party 45 0.5%

• Spanish 530 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

6,764

Family households

4,014

59.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

691

17.2% of families

Single-mother families

401

10.0% of families

Veterans

1,066

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,291 48.6%
• Black Protestant 2,382 12.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,161 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 373 2.0%
• Catholic 108 0.6%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.5 pp

57th of 67

With a disability

22.2%

±2.3 pp

12th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

13.1%

±1.9 pp

−15.3 pp vs AL · 61st of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Carrollton, Fayette, Vernon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

46.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 22.8% of 92 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #2 at 17.4%.

• Account collection 21 22.8%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 16 17.4%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 15 16.3%
• Other civil 11 12.0%
• Equity, non-damage 9 9.8%
• Workers' compensation 6 6.5%

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