Jury Pool Profile

Bladen County, North Carolina

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 29,591
Median household income: $44,528
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,248 54.9%
Black or African American alone 9,928 33.6%
Asian alone 61 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 960 3.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,668 5.6%
Two or more races 726 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,650 9.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 6,106 20.6%
18–24 2,391 8.1%
25–44 6,365 21.5%
45–64 7,871 26.6%
65 and over 6,858 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,430
Establishments: 677

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,438 47.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,845 13.7%
Education & health services 1,610 12.0%
Public administration 870 6.5%
Professional & business services 860 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 664 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 543 4.0%
Construction 341 2.5%
Other services 129 1.0%
Financial activities 120 0.9%
Information 26 0.2%
Unclassified 7 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.8%
Median gross rent: $752
Owner-occupied: 8,127
Renter-occupied: 3,508

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,743 votes cast

Republican 10,035 59.9%
Democratic 6,620 39.5%
Other / third-party 88 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,931 6.9%
German 14 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,635
Family households: 6,911; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,844
Single-mother households: 899
Veterans: 2,177; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,661 36.0%
Black Protestant 6,726 22.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,533 8.6%
Catholic 502 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 150 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Bolivia, Elizabethtown, Whiteville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 38.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023