Randolph County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,791 74.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 669 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,496 15.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 94 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,324 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 108 0.5%

• Under 18 4,699 20.9%
• 18–24 1,943 8.6%
• 25–44 5,092 22.6%
• 45–64 5,855 26.0%
• 65 and over 4,921 21.9%

Median household income

$54,403

90% interval $48,543–$60,263

−$12,301 vs AL · 39th of 67

Below poverty line

18.6%

90% interval 15.0%–22.2%

+3.4 pp vs AL · 28th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.52 pp vs. state

County GDP

$690.2M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,688

Establishments

489

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,117 22.9%
• Manufacturing 1,017 20.8%
• Education & health services 637 13.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 367 7.5%
• Financial activities 236 4.8%
• Construction 196 4.0%
• Professional & business services 164 3.4%
• Natural resources & mining 149 3.0%
• Other services 63 1.3%
• Public administration 60 1.2%
• Information 25 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 82.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.2%

+7.0 pp vs AL · 21st of 67

Median gross rent

$708

−$299 vs AL · 51st of 67

Owner-occupied

7,158

Renter-occupied

2,113

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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 (Professional & business services, $57,889/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,775/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 10.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 9,102 82.2%
• Democratic 1,920 17.3%
• Other / third-party 53 0.5%

• Spanish 293 1.4%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.2%
• Chinese 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

9,271

Family households

6,285

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,213

19.3% of families

Single-mother families

723

11.5% of families

Veterans

960

5.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,244 37.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,595 7.3%
• Black Protestant 780 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 165 0.8%
• Catholic 110 0.5%

Health insured

90.9%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±1.8 pp

32nd of 67

With a disability

16.4%

±1.8 pp

54th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±2.6 pp

−10.0 pp vs AL · 29th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.4%–13.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Dadeville, LaFayette, Tuskegee, Wedowee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

33.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 24.2% of 128 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #5 at 8.6%.

• Account collection 31 24.2%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 30 23.4%
• Other civil 19 14.8%
• Equity, non-damage 12 9.4%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 11 8.6%
• Real property 8 6.2%

A further 71 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.