Jury Pool Profile

Pickens County, Alabama

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 18,843
Median household income: $47,014
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,967 58.2%
Black or African American alone 7,400 39.3%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 48 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 0.6%
Two or more races 296 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,088 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 3,639 19.3%
18–24 1,592 8.4%
25–44 4,909 26.1%
45–64 5,028 26.7%
65 and over 3,675 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +1.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $568.8M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,820
Establishments: 398

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 918 24.7%
Manufacturing 700 18.8%
Public administration 558 15.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 528 14.2%
Construction 390 10.5%
Natural resources & mining 158 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 135 3.6%
Professional & business services 109 2.9%
Financial activities 90 2.4%
Other services 78 2.1%
Information 35 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $600
Owner-occupied: 5,240
Renter-occupied: 1,706

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,898 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 912 5.1%
Other 51 0.3%
German 29 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,946
Family households: 4,306; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,066
Single-mother households: 566
Veterans: 1,024; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 24.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 19.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023