Russell County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,837 43.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,527 6.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 26,501 45.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 316 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,316 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 76 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 230 0.4%

• Under 18 14,298 24.3%
• 18–24 4,613 7.8%
• 25–44 15,955 27.1%
• 45–64 14,966 25.4%
• 65 and over 8,979 15.3%

Median household income

$53,867

90% interval $48,380–$59,354

−$12,837 vs AL · 42nd of 67

Below poverty line

20.2%

90% interval 16.8%–23.6%

+5.0 pp vs AL · 22nd of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,637

Establishments

1,247

• Education & health services 3,508 25.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,720 19.5%
• Manufacturing 2,221 15.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,838 13.2%
• Financial activities 813 5.8%
• Professional & business services 754 5.4%
• Other services 302 2.2%
• Public administration 157 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.3%

−8.9 pp vs AL · 66th of 67

Median gross rent

$939

−$68 vs AL · 15th of 67

Owner-occupied

14,676

Renter-occupied

9,262

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $76,348/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,014/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 1,645 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 124 0.2%
• Tagalog 112 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 68 0.1%
• Korean 34 0.1%
• Chinese 12 0.0%
• Arabic 10 0.0%

Households

23,938

Family households

14,524

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,846

26.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,244

15.5% of families

Veterans

5,725

13.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

88.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±1.7 pp

9th of 67

With a disability

19.8%

±1.4 pp

32nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

18.2%

±1.9 pp

−10.2 pp vs AL · 30th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

10

22.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8

Motor-vehicle negligence was the largest civil litigation category, at 28.1% of 431 filings.

• Motor-vehicle negligence 121 28.1%
• Account collection 85 19.7%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 83 19.3%
• Other civil 51 11.8%
• Equity, non-damage 19 4.4%
• Negligence, general 19 4.4%

A further 19 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.