Washington County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,843 65.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,642 24.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 27 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 408 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,011 6.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 53 0.3%

• Under 18 3,029 20.0%
• 18–24 1,443 9.5%
• 25–44 3,146 20.8%
• 45–64 4,341 28.7%
• 65 and over 3,184 21.0%

Median household income

$59,645

90% interval $52,742–$66,548

−$7,059 vs AL · 27th of 67

Below poverty line

17.8%

90% interval 13.7%–21.9%

+2.6 pp vs AL · 34th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

+0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$93,220

Establishments

326

• Manufacturing 2,699 50.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 804 15.0%
• Education & health services 748 14.0%
• Public administration 254 4.7%
• Construction 214 4.0%
• Professional & business services 180 3.4%
• Natural resources & mining 164 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.8%

+15.6 pp vs AL · 1st of 67

Median gross rent

$655

−$352 vs AL · 59th of 67

Owner-occupied

5,116

Renter-occupied

847

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 79% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $126,761/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Public administration, $38,737/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• German or other West Germanic 30 0.2%

Households

5,963

Family households

4,547

76.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,149

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

404

8.9% of families

Veterans

706

5.8% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

93.2%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±2.1 pp

64th of 67

With a disability

14.7%

±2.2 pp

61st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

17.0%

±3.1 pp

−11.4 pp vs AL · 36th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 6.9%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

33.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4

Contract, ejectment and seizure was the largest civil litigation category, at 32.4% of 68 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #3 at 11.8%.

• Contract, ejectment and seizure 22 32.4%
• Account collection 13 19.1%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 8 11.8%
• Equity, non-damage 5 7.4%
• Real property 4 5.9%
• Bad faith, fraud and misrepresentation 3 4.4%

A further 18 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.