Jury Pool Profile

Edgecombe County, North Carolina

Democratic +23 (2024)

Population: 48,777
Median household income: $48,480
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,459 37.8%
Black or African American alone 27,272 55.9%
Asian alone 123 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 178 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 55 0.1%
Some other race alone 995 2.0%
Two or more races 1,695 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,838 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 11,184 22.9%
18–24 3,701 7.6%
25–44 11,411 23.4%
45–64 12,499 25.6%
65 and over 9,982 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,402
Establishments: 993

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,464 22.6%
Manufacturing 3,245 21.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,967 19.4%
Public administration 2,239 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,073 7.0%
Professional & business services 993 6.5%
Construction 456 3.0%
Other services 332 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 261 1.7%
Financial activities 227 1.5%
Information 44 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.4%
Median gross rent: $818
Owner-occupied: 11,600
Renter-occupied: 7,933

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,416 votes cast

Democratic 14,900 61.0%
Republican 9,355 38.3%
Other / third-party 161 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,442 5.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 122 0.3%
German 106 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 82 0.2%
Chinese 46 0.1%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.0%
Other 8 0.0%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,533
Family households: 12,863; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 7,232
Single-mother households: 2,327
Veterans: 2,825; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,436 23.4%
Black Protestant 3,750 7.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,044 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,514 3.1%
Catholic 573 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.2%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Nashville, Tarboro, Wilson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 39.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023