Jury Pool Profile

Anson County, North Carolina

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 21,903
Median household income: $44,245
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,924 45.3%
Black or African American alone 10,346 47.2%
Asian alone 339 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 82 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 340 1.6%
Two or more races 866 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 799 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 4,437 20.3%
18–24 1,836 8.4%
25–44 5,549 25.3%
45–64 5,719 26.1%
65 and over 4,362 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,962
Establishments: 498

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,333 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,320 20.0%
Education & health services 1,249 18.9%
Public administration 975 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 482 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 353 5.4%
Professional & business services 316 4.8%
Other services 272 4.1%
Construction 176 2.7%
Financial activities 90 1.4%
Information 28 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.6%
Median gross rent: $849
Owner-occupied: 5,455
Renter-occupied: 2,859

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,859 votes cast

Republican 5,525 50.9%
Democratic 5,253 48.4%
Other / third-party 81 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 804 3.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 119 0.6%
Korean 110 0.5%
German 73 0.4%
Other Indo-European 50 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Other 4 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,314
Family households: 4,997; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,985
Single-mother households: 725
Veterans: 1,381; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

77.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,048 41.0%
Black Protestant 5,358 24.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,767 8.0%
Catholic 690 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 147 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.7%
With a disability: 21.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Laurinburg, Rockingham, Wadesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 45.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023