Jury Pool Profile

Cleveland County, North Carolina

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 100,170
Median household income: $55,769
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 72,654 72.5%
Black or African American alone 18,406 18.4%
Asian alone 1,023 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 251 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 67 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,076 2.1%
Two or more races 5,693 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,426 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 22,366 22.3%
18–24 8,634 8.6%
25–44 23,721 23.7%
45–64 26,675 26.6%
65 and over 18,774 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.0B; 0.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,753
Establishments: 2,287

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,842 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,909 21.6%
Manufacturing 7,075 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,700 10.1%
Professional & business services 2,662 7.3%
Construction 2,388 6.5%
Public administration 2,129 5.8%
Financial activities 737 2.0%
Other services 639 1.7%
Information 429 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 184 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 26,296
Renter-occupied: 10,922

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 51,602 votes cast

Republican 34,654 67.2%
Democratic 16,603 32.2%
Other / third-party 345 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,182 3.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 450 0.5%
Other Indo-European 243 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 151 0.2%
German 106 0.1%
Slavic languages 94 0.1%
Chinese 78 0.1%
Tagalog 56 0.1%
Other 29 0.0%
Korean 17 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 37,218
Family households: 25,449; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 17,615
Single-mother households: 2,318
Veterans: 5,717; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 43,954 44.2%
Mainline Protestant 6,343 6.4%
Black Protestant 5,326 5.4%
Catholic 2,901 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,677 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th 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: Lincolnton, Shelby

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 30.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023