Davidson County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 131,384 76.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,456 8.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,813 9.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,662 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,655 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 245 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 730 0.4%

• Under 18 37,476 21.7%
• 18–24 13,173 7.6%
• 25–44 41,399 23.9%
• 45–64 48,008 27.8%
• 65 and over 32,898 19.0%

Median household income

$65,644

90% interval $61,748–$69,540

−$8,411 vs NC · 42nd of 100

Below poverty line

11.2%

90% interval 9.1%–13.3%

−1.4 pp vs NC · 83rd of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.1B

0.84% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,845

Establishments

3,494

• Manufacturing 9,622 20.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,216 19.9%
• Education & health services 9,080 19.6%
• Professional & business services 5,840 12.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,165 11.2%
• Construction 2,609 5.6%
• Public administration 2,201 4.8%
• Other services 1,316 2.8%
• Financial activities 1,008 2.2%
• Information 109 0.2%
• Natural resources & mining 75 0.2%

Home ownership

74.4%

+7.8 pp vs NC · 44th of 100

Median gross rent

$901

−$327 vs NC · 49th of 100

Owner-occupied

51,944

Renter-occupied

17,902

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Professional & business services, $74,641/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,369/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 67,959 73.0%
• Democratic 24,150 25.9%
• Other / third-party 982 1.1%

• Spanish 11,627 7.1%
• Tagalog 581 0.4%
• Chinese 209 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 191 0.1%
• Vietnamese 152 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 140 0.1%
• Korean 89 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 45 0.0%
• Arabic 23 0.0%

Households

69,846

Family households

46,793

67.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

12,551

26.8% of families

Single-mother families

4,102

8.8% of families

Veterans

9,726

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 31,324 18.5%
• Mainline Protestant 19,092 11.3%
• Catholic 10,319 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,146 2.5%
• Black Protestant 2,612 1.5%

Health insured

90.6%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

9.4%

±0.9 pp

61st of 100

With a disability

15.4%

±1 pp

69th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

21.7%

±1.2 pp

−14.0 pp vs NC · 55th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.3%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

33rd 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

Lexington, Mocksville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

33

24.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

30