Jury Pool Profile

Duplin County, North Carolina

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 49,053
Median household income: $51,880
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,190 57.5%
Black or African American alone 11,184 22.8%
Asian alone 299 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 200 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 58 0.1%
Some other race alone 5,879 12.0%
Two or more races 3,243 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,137 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 11,634 23.7%
18–24 4,268 8.7%
25–44 10,777 22.0%
45–64 12,735 26.0%
65 and over 9,639 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,993
Establishments: 1,178

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,642 34.2%
Education & health services 3,349 17.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,873 14.8%
Natural resources & mining 1,700 8.7%
Professional & business services 1,439 7.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,112 5.7%
Public administration 1,061 5.5%
Construction 730 3.8%
Financial activities 279 1.4%
Other services 233 1.2%
Information 13 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.0%
Median gross rent: $815
Owner-occupied: 14,075
Renter-occupied: 6,021

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,864 votes cast

Republican 14,677 64.2%
Democratic 8,057 35.2%
Other / third-party 130 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,275 20.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 473 1.0%
Other Indo-European 90 0.2%
Arabic 88 0.2%
Korean 86 0.2%
Tagalog 72 0.2%
German 35 0.1%
Slavic languages 31 0.1%
Chinese 17 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,096
Family households: 13,240; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 9,836
Single-mother households: 1,480
Veterans: 2,870; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,261 23.1%
Black Protestant 3,639 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,132 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,231 2.5%
Catholic 813 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.8%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Clinton, Jacksonville, Kenansville, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 50.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023