Cumberland County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 134,847 39.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,995 12.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 124,301 36.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8,682 2.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 20,124 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,210 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1,103 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,283 1.0%

• Under 18 85,028 25.1%
• 18–24 42,745 12.6%
• 25–44 98,514 29.1%
• 45–64 68,227 20.2%
• 65 and over 44,031 13.0%

Median household income

$60,831

90% interval $58,829–$62,833

−$13,224 vs NC · 56th of 100

Below poverty line

16.5%

90% interval 14.8%–18.2%

+3.9 pp vs NC · 32nd of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.85 pp vs. state

County GDP

$24.4B

2.9% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,312

Establishments

6,980

• Education & health services 35,775 29.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 24,762 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 15,892 13.0%
• Public administration 13,579 11.1%
• Professional & business services 12,830 10.5%
• Construction 5,748 4.7%
• Manufacturing 5,627 4.6%
• Financial activities 3,635 3.0%
• Other services 3,536 2.9%
• Information 807 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 78 0.1%

Home ownership

55.0%

−11.6 pp vs NC · 99th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,222

−$6 vs NC · 16th of 100

Owner-occupied

71,328

Renter-occupied

58,430

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $79,946/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,830/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 23,960 7.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,680 0.5%
• Korean 1,599 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,552 0.5%
• Tagalog 1,307 0.4%
• Arabic 1,248 0.4%
• Vietnamese 989 0.3%
• Chinese 728 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 495 0.2%

Households

129,758

Family households

81,129

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

21,310

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

12,117

14.9% of families

Veterans

40,226

18.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.5%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

9.5%

±0.5 pp

58th of 100

With a disability

16.8%

±0.5 pp

55th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±0.8 pp

−7.9 pp vs NC · 33rd of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 8.1%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

14th Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

4 (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

Traffic fatalities

59

23.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

58