Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Alabama

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 15,270
Median household income: $60,503
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,220 66.9%
Black or African American alone 3,463 22.7%
Asian alone 43 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 983 6.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 14 0.1%
Two or more races 547 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 255 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 3,160 20.7%
18–24 1,372 9.0%
25–44 3,210 21.0%
45–64 4,406 28.9%
65 and over 3,122 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $86,857
Establishments: 318

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,536 48.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 896 17.2%
Education & health services 710 13.7%
Public administration 261 5.0%
Professional & business services 166 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 166 3.2%
Construction 146 2.8%
Other services 108 2.1%
Leisure & hospitality 99 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.9%
Median gross rent: $628
Owner-occupied: 4,877
Renter-occupied: 801

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,430 votes cast

Republican 6,534 77.5%
Democratic 1,863 22.1%
Other / third-party 33 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Other 134 0.9%
German 52 0.4%
Spanish 13 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,678
Family households: 4,251; 74.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,442
Single-mother households: 265
Veterans: 743; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,493 55.2%
Black Protestant 992 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 585 3.8%
Catholic 14 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Butler, Chatom, Grove Hill

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alabama statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 33.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023