Jury Pool Profile

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 234,036
Median household income: $63,947
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 142,461 60.9%
Black or African American alone 74,775 32.0%
Asian alone 3,851 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 508 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 45 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,314 1.4%
Two or more races 9,082 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,593 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33

Under 18 48,419 20.7%
18–24 42,340 18.1%
25–44 60,499 25.9%
45–64 50,609 21.6%
65 and over 32,169 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $14.4B; 4.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,535
Establishments: 5,406

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 27,643 27.8%
Manufacturing 18,528 18.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,614 16.7%
Leisure & hospitality 12,255 12.3%
Professional & business services 8,631 8.7%
Construction 4,838 4.9%
Financial activities 3,446 3.5%
Public administration 3,311 3.3%
Other services 1,926 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 1,484 1.5%
Information 504 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $997
Owner-occupied: 54,257
Renter-occupied: 33,032

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,879 votes cast

Republican 50,724 59.8%
Democratic 33,399 39.3%
Other / third-party 756 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,893 3.6%
Other Indo-European 1,273 0.6%
Chinese 1,113 0.5%
German 985 0.4%
Slavic languages 496 0.2%
Vietnamese 383 0.2%
Other 303 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 262 0.1%
Arabic 161 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 154 0.1%
Korean 131 0.1%
Tagalog 108 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 87,289
Family households: 54,049; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 39,379
Single-mother households: 5,939
Veterans: 11,443; 6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 77,989 34.4%
Black Protestant 13,642 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 10,076 4.4%
Catholic 6,522 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,506 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Tuscaloosa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 31; 16.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023