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Davie County, North Carolina

Republican +46.4 (2024)
County seat
Mocksville
Judicial district
33rd Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
45,855
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 44,122.

At a glance

Davie County is a 45,855-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $77,417, $3,362 above the NC state median of $74,055; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $61,762/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.52%, below the 3.75% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 72% of the vote each time.

Population
44,122
Median household income
$75,057
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 4%.

Davie County has a population of 44,122, with a median age of 45.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.6%; Black residents 4.4%. Independently, 8.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $77,417; 27.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 36,195 82.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,645 8.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,959 4.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 317 0.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,748 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 136 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 122 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 45

  • Under 18 9,207 20.9%
  • 18–24 3,381 7.7%
  • 25–44 9,500 21.5%
  • 45–64 12,259 27.8%
  • 65 and over 9,775 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$77,417
90% interval $69,917–$84,917
+$3,362 vs NC · 18th of 100
Below poverty line
10.4%
90% interval 8.3%–12.5%
−2.2 pp vs NC · 86th of 100

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 29% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.52%, below the North Carolina state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
−0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.0B
0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,170
Establishments
1,116

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 4,155 28.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,901 19.9%
  • Education & health services 2,508 17.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,555 10.7%
  • Professional & business services 1,143 7.8%
  • Construction 870 6.0%
  • Public administration 634 4.4%
  • Other services 415 2.8%
  • Financial activities 305 2.1%
  • Information 44 0.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 43 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.2%
+15.6 pp vs NC · 7th of 100
Median gross rent
$867
−$361 vs NC · 55th of 100
Owner-occupied
14,204
Renter-occupied
3,066

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $78,535/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,923/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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Davie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 72.6% in 2024, 72.0% in 2020, 72.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,704 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201672.6%24.5%
202072.0%26.5%
202472.6%26.2%
  • Republican 19,398 72.6%
  • Democratic 6,988 26.2%
  • Other / third-party 318 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (2,798 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,596 6.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 231 0.6%
  • Tagalog 89 0.2%
  • Arabic 58 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 44 0.1%
  • Chinese 40 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 39 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
17,270
Family households
12,020
69.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,344
27.8% of families
Single-mother families
480
4.0% of families
Veterans
2,798
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

48.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 8,504 19.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 7,011 16.4%
  • Catholic 3,638 8.5%
  • Black Protestant 1,192 2.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 422 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.2%
±1.4 pp
Uninsured
8.8%
±1.4 pp
77th of 100
With a disability
17.5%
±1.6 pp
42nd of 100
Bachelor's or higher
27.3%
±2.2 pp
−8.4 pp vs NC · 36th of 100
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.4%
90% interval 8.4%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Davie totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 10 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
10
28.64 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Davie County, North Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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