Jury Pool Profile

Walker County, Alabama

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 64,886
Median household income: $54,509
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,003 87.9%
Black or African American alone 3,958 6.1%
Asian alone 280 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,281 2.0%
Two or more races 2,278 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,253 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 14,717 22.7%
18–24 5,282 8.1%
25–44 15,036 23.2%
45–64 17,155 26.4%
65 and over 12,696 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,692
Establishments: 1,536

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,401 28.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,191 22.4%
Manufacturing 2,601 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,187 11.7%
Public administration 932 5.0%
Professional & business services 880 4.7%
Natural resources & mining 804 4.3%
Other services 564 3.0%
Construction 545 2.9%
Financial activities 515 2.8%
Information 87 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 19,253
Renter-occupied: 5,590

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,747 votes cast

Republican 25,464 85.6%
Democratic 4,102 13.8%
Other / third-party 181 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,783 2.9%
Chinese 114 0.2%
Tagalog 38 0.1%
Vietnamese 34 0.1%
German 32 0.1%
Slavic languages 15 0.0%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,843
Family households: 16,689; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 12,097
Single-mother households: 1,625
Veterans: 2,900; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 36,792 56.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,176 3.3%
Black Protestant 1,992 3.0%
Catholic 1,661 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 923 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.4%
With a disability: 23.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Jasper

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 21.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023