Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Alabama

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 226,955
Median household income: $93,543
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 173,713 76.5%
Black or African American alone 29,906 13.2%
Asian alone 4,686 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 565 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
Some other race alone 6,716 3.0%
Two or more races 11,344 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,709 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 52,225 23.0%
18–24 18,922 8.3%
25–44 58,385 25.7%
45–64 60,234 26.5%
65 and over 37,189 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $17.3B; 5.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,772
Establishments: 7,251

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 19,175 22.5%
Education & health services 15,223 17.9%
Professional & business services 13,785 16.2%
Financial activities 9,938 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 8,926 10.5%
Construction 5,582 6.6%
Manufacturing 5,373 6.3%
Other services 2,790 3.3%
Public administration 2,755 3.2%
Information 1,063 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 463 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $1,348
Owner-occupied: 69,407
Renter-occupied: 16,007

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 114,043 votes cast

Republican 79,666 69.9%
Democratic 33,087 29.0%
Other / third-party 1,290 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,129 5.6%
Other Indo-European 1,172 0.5%
Arabic 1,002 0.5%
Chinese 914 0.4%
Vietnamese 761 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 662 0.3%
Other 349 0.2%
Slavic languages 260 0.1%
Korean 238 0.1%
German 169 0.1%
Tagalog 157 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 116 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 85,414
Family households: 61,717; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 50,982
Single-mother households: 3,547
Veterans: 11,070; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 67,349 30.2%
Mainline Protestant 14,460 6.5%
Catholic 7,744 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,477 2.0%
Black Protestant 4,232 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 46.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Columbiana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 12.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023