Jury Pool Profile

Talladega County, Alabama

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 81,170
Median household income: $56,249
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 50,918 62.7%
Black or African American alone 25,750 31.7%
Asian alone 334 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 77 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,132 1.4%
Two or more races 2,910 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,879 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 16,883 20.8%
18–24 6,393 7.9%
25–44 20,528 25.3%
45–64 22,009 27.1%
65 and over 15,357 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.5B; 1.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,301
Establishments: 1,578

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 10,421 32.9%
Education & health services 6,094 19.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,806 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,585 8.2%
Professional & business services 2,454 7.7%
Public administration 1,356 4.3%
Construction 1,091 3.4%
Financial activities 825 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 459 1.4%
Other services 438 1.4%
Information 116 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $772
Owner-occupied: 23,865
Renter-occupied: 9,024

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,175 votes cast

Republican 22,100 66.6%
Democratic 10,898 32.9%
Other / third-party 177 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,772 2.3%
Other Indo-European 172 0.2%
German 150 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 126 0.2%
Vietnamese 102 0.1%
Other 71 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 67 0.1%
Korean 66 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,889
Family households: 22,294; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 14,598
Single-mother households: 3,288
Veterans: 4,445; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 34,314 41.8%
Black Protestant 6,562 8.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,515 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,087 1.3%
Catholic 876 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th 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: Talladega

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 32.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023