Jury Pool Profile
Sumter County, Alabama
Democratic +41 (2024)
- Population
- 12,020
- Median household income
- $37,981
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,109 25.9%
- Black or African American alone 8,557 71.2%
- Asian alone 51 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 8 0.1%
- Two or more races 281 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100 0.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 34.9
- Under 18 2,311 19.2%
- 18–24 2,588 21.5%
- 25–44 2,289 19.0%
- 45–64 2,520 21.0%
- 65 and over 2,312 19.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.3%
- +1.52 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $451.4M
- 0.14% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $47,332
- Establishments
- 294
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 903 31.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 411 14.4%
- Manufacturing 346 12.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 261 9.2%
- Public administration 257 9.0%
- Professional & business services 238 8.4%
- Financial activities 68 2.4%
- Natural resources & mining 51 1.8%
- Construction 32 1.1%
- Other services 28 1.0%
- Information 14 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 69.6%
- Median gross rent
- $841
- Owner-occupied
- 3,317
- Renter-occupied
- 1,448
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,297 votes cast
- Democratic 3,725 70.3%
- Republican 1,542 29.1%
- Other / third-party 30 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 119 1.0%
- Chinese 41 0.4%
- German 31 0.3%
- Other 28 0.2%
- Arabic 10 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%
- Tagalog 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,765
- Family households
- 3,091
- 64.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,716
- Single-mother households
- 571
- Veterans
- 286
- 3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
40.6% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 3,106 25.2%
- Black Protestant 1,120 9.1%
- Mainline Protestant 593 4.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 140 1.1%
- Catholic 50 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.8%
- With a disability
- 19.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 17th 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
- Eutaw, Linden, Livingston
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 41.2 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023