Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, North Carolina

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 336,749
Median household income: $58,780
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 147,878 43.9%
Black or African American alone 125,737 37.3%
Asian alone 8,900 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,106 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,235 0.4%
Some other race alone 14,380 4.3%
Two or more races 34,513 10.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41,644 12.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.8

Under 18 84,616 25.1%
18–24 42,306 12.6%
25–44 97,846 29.1%
45–64 69,237 20.6%
65 and over 42,744 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $24.4B; 2.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,785
Establishments: 7,402

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 36,400 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 24,610 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 15,816 12.9%
Public administration 13,693 11.1%
Professional & business services 12,946 10.5%
Manufacturing 6,046 4.9%
Construction 5,504 4.5%
Other services 3,698 3.0%
Financial activities 3,470 2.8%
Information 704 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 91 0.1%
Unclassified 18 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.7%
Median gross rent: $1,156
Owner-occupied: 68,742
Renter-occupied: 59,376

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 140,175 votes cast

Democratic 78,631 56.1%
Republican 59,840 42.7%
Other / third-party 1,704 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 23,623 7.6%
Other Indo-European 2,046 0.7%
Korean 1,805 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,748 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,668 0.5%
German 1,563 0.5%
Other 1,478 0.5%
Arabic 1,155 0.4%
Tagalog 1,087 0.3%
Vietnamese 870 0.3%
Chinese 546 0.2%
Slavic languages 485 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 128,118
Family households: 79,793; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 52,505
Single-mother households: 12,300
Veterans: 39,514; 18.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 126,657 37.8%
Black Protestant 25,190 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 22,376 6.7%
Catholic 21,285 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,621 3.2%
Orthodox 794 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.6%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Fayetteville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 52; 20.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 43

NHTSA FARS 2023