Winston County, Alabama

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,409 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 880 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 237 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 73 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,065 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,884 20.6%
• 18–24 1,739 7.3%
• 25–44 5,100 21.5%
• 45–64 6,749 28.5%
• 65 and over 5,210 22.0%

Median household income

$58,945

90% interval $54,343–$63,547

−$7,759 vs AL · 29th of 67

Below poverty line

16.1%

90% interval 12.5%–19.7%

+0.9 pp vs AL · 48th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

+0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,987

Establishments

570

• Manufacturing 3,532 43.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,523 18.7%
• Education & health services 1,457 17.9%
• Public administration 417 5.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 357 4.4%
• Professional & business services 176 2.2%
• Financial activities 144 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 93.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.8%

+5.6 pp vs AL · 32nd of 67

Median gross rent

$803

−$204 vs AL · 27th of 67

Owner-occupied

7,140

Renter-occupied

2,280

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 80% 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, $63,708/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,751/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 10,191 91.6%
• Democratic 884 7.9%
• Other / third-party 54 0.5%

• Spanish 565 2.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 43 0.2%
• Chinese 30 0.1%
• Tagalog 16 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.0%

Households

9,420

Family households

6,678

70.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,670

25.0% of families

Single-mother families

386

5.8% of families

Veterans

1,027

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 12,265 52.1%
• Mainline Protestant 875 3.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 232 1.0%
• Catholic 216 0.9%
• Black Protestant 120 0.5%

Health insured

91.1%

±2 pp

Uninsured

8.9%

±2 pp

33rd of 67

With a disability

22.9%

±2 pp

9th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

14.3%

±1.7 pp

−14.1 pp vs AL · 53rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.0%

90% interval 11.6%–14.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Double Springs, Hamilton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

37.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6

Account collection was the largest civil litigation category, at 25.0% of 116 filings. Motor-vehicle negligence ranked #5 at 7.8%.

• Account collection 29 25.0%
• Contract, ejectment and seizure 25 21.6%
• Other civil 13 11.2%
• Real property 12 10.3%
• Motor-vehicle negligence 9 7.8%
• Other tort 6 5.2%

A further 11 filings in this division were protective orders, forfeitures or other non-litigation matters, and are excluded from these shares.