Jury Pool Profile

Alexander County, North Carolina

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 36,440
Median household income: $65,268
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,804 87.3%
Black or African American alone 1,468 4.0%
Asian alone 392 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 331 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 809 2.2%
Two or more races 1,636 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,950 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 7,139 19.6%
18–24 2,903 8.0%
25–44 8,627 23.7%
45–64 10,271 28.2%
65 and over 7,500 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,164
Establishments: 699

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,958 34.8%
Education & health services 1,349 15.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,181 13.9%
Public administration 902 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 774 9.1%
Professional & business services 494 5.8%
Construction 316 3.7%
Financial activities 220 2.6%
Other services 176 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 113 1.3%
Information 28 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $745
Owner-occupied: 11,348
Renter-occupied: 2,547

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,625 votes cast

Republican 16,404 79.5%
Democratic 4,060 19.7%
Other / third-party 161 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,799 5.2%
German 187 0.5%
Chinese 123 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 71 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.0%
Other 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,895
Family households: 9,655; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,527
Single-mother households: 597
Veterans: 2,086; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 17,316 47.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,807 10.4%
Catholic 1,550 4.3%
Black Protestant 192 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 166 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 2 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)
Court seats: Newton, Taylorsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 40.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023