Jury Pool Profile

Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 41,070
Median household income: $57,185
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,233 68.7%
Black or African American alone 9,607 23.4%
Asian alone 201 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 117 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 425 1.0%
Two or more races 2,487 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,137 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 8,383 20.4%
18–24 2,930 7.1%
25–44 9,057 22.1%
45–64 11,358 27.7%
65 and over 9,342 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,093
Establishments: 1,052

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,307 25.3%
Manufacturing 2,460 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,089 16.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,458 11.2%
Professional & business services 1,365 10.5%
Public administration 960 7.4%
Construction 619 4.7%
Financial activities 285 2.2%
Other services 255 2.0%
Information 98 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 72 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.6%
Median gross rent: $734
Owner-occupied: 12,511
Renter-occupied: 4,037

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,980 votes cast

Republican 14,884 74.5%
Democratic 4,975 24.9%
Other / third-party 121 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,087 2.8%
Korean 138 0.4%
German 131 0.3%
Chinese 76 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.1%
Tagalog 19 0.0%
Arabic 19 0.0%
Other Indo-European 11 0.0%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,548
Family households: 10,974; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,562
Single-mother households: 1,338
Veterans: 2,552; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 22,002 53.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,850 9.3%
Black Protestant 2,686 6.5%
Catholic 849 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 815 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 21.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Dadeville, LaFayette, Tuskegee, Wedowee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 24.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023