Jury Pool Profile

Russell County, Alabama

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 58,858
Median household income: $50,046
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,421 46.6%
Black or African American alone 26,800 45.5%
Asian alone 351 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 93 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,128 1.9%
Two or more races 3,014 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,382 5.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 14,306 24.3%
18–24 4,533 7.7%
25–44 16,072 27.3%
45–64 14,999 25.5%
65 and over 8,948 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.68 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,497
Establishments: 1,202

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,446 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,722 19.4%
Manufacturing 2,646 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,757 12.5%
Professional & business services 735 5.2%
Construction 689 4.9%
Financial activities 645 4.6%
Other services 308 2.2%
Public administration 156 1.1%
Information 112 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 78 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.6%
Median gross rent: $898
Owner-occupied: 14,402
Renter-occupied: 9,382

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,679 votes cast

Democratic 10,422 50.4%
Republican 10,078 48.7%
Other / third-party 179 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,990 3.6%
German 184 0.3%
Tagalog 133 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 104 0.2%
Slavic languages 80 0.1%
Korean 56 0.1%
Other 36 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Other Indo-European 9 0.0%
Arabic 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,784
Family households: 14,841; 62.4% of households
Married w/ children: 9,686
Single-mother households: 2,518
Veterans: 5,705; 13.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,381 39.5%
Black Protestant 8,671 14.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,088 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,078 1.8%
Catholic 906 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Phenix City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 33.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023