Jury Pool Profile

Alleghany County, North Carolina

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 11,075
Median household income: $44,272
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,115 91.3%
Black or African American alone 164 1.5%
Asian alone 85 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 25 0.2%
Two or more races 665 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,269 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 1,838 16.6%
18–24 619 5.6%
25–44 2,217 20.0%
45–64 3,109 28.1%
65 and over 3,292 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $420.0M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,104
Establishments: 339

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 744 21.7%
Education & health services 674 19.6%
Leisure & hospitality 498 14.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 433 12.6%
Natural resources & mining 324 9.4%
Public administration 239 7.0%
Construction 173 5.0%
Professional & business services 156 4.5%
Financial activities 98 2.9%
Other services 70 2.0%
Information 29 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $755
Owner-occupied: 3,891
Renter-occupied: 1,158

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,480 votes cast

Republican 4,900 75.6%
Democratic 1,533 23.7%
Other / third-party 47 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 930 8.8%
Other Indo-European 38 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,049
Family households: 3,280; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,777
Single-mother households: 143
Veterans: 760; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,360 30.9%
Catholic 1,143 10.5%
Mainline Protestant 984 9.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 331 3.0%
Black Protestant 150 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.3%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Jefferson, Sparta, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 43.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023