Jury Pool Profile

Columbus County, North Carolina

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 50,453
Median household income: $48,184
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,351 60.2%
Black or African American alone 14,472 28.7%
Asian alone 213 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,566 3.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,539 3.1%
Two or more races 2,290 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,766 5.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 10,442 20.7%
18–24 4,287 8.5%
25–44 12,007 23.8%
45–64 13,407 26.6%
65 and over 10,310 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,896
Establishments: 1,217

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,978 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,889 20.0%
Public administration 1,687 11.7%
Manufacturing 1,591 11.0%
Professional & business services 1,427 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,216 8.4%
Financial activities 646 4.5%
Construction 506 3.5%
Other services 293 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 193 1.3%
Information 41 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.3%
Median gross rent: $775
Owner-occupied: 13,893
Renter-occupied: 5,334

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,363 votes cast

Republican 17,592 66.7%
Democratic 8,648 32.8%
Other / third-party 123 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,073 4.3%
Other Indo-European 87 0.2%
Other 57 0.1%
Tagalog 36 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 32 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 32 0.1%
Vietnamese 27 0.1%
German 25 0.1%
Arabic 25 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,227
Family households: 12,435; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,446
Single-mother households: 1,371
Veterans: 2,671; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,624 40.7%
Black Protestant 3,091 6.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,702 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,204 2.4%
Catholic 938 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.4%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

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: 16; 39.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023