Alexander County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,134 85.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,031 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,828 5.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 363 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,004 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%

• Under 18 7,144 19.6%
• 18–24 2,488 6.8%
• 25–44 9,018 24.8%
• 45–64 10,041 27.6%
• 65 and over 7,721 21.2%

Median household income

$66,198

90% interval $58,721–$73,675

−$7,857 vs NC · 39th of 100

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.7%–14.7%

−0.4 pp vs NC · 75th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,701

Establishments

709

• Manufacturing 3,008 34.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,300 15.0%
• Education & health services 1,294 14.9%
• Public administration 951 11.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 696 8.0%
• Professional & business services 492 5.7%
• Other services 230 2.7%
• Financial activities 218 2.5%

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

Home ownership

80.7%

+14.1 pp vs NC · 12th of 100

Median gross rent

$764

−$464 vs NC · 85th of 100

Owner-occupied

11,397

Renter-occupied

2,729

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $58,355/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,487/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 16,404 79.5%
• Democratic 4,060 19.7%
• Other / third-party 161 0.8%

• Spanish 1,655 4.8%
• German or other West Germanic 222 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 118 0.3%
• Chinese 96 0.3%
• Tagalog 39 0.1%

Households

14,126

Family households

9,641

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,640

27.4% of families

Single-mother families

694

7.2% of families

Veterans

2,137

7.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.9%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±1.8 pp

87th of 100

With a disability

18.8%

±2.2 pp

27th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

16.7%

±2.5 pp

−19.0 pp vs NC · 85th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 9.1%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Statesville, Taylorsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

20.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6