Edgecombe County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,030 34.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,005 6.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 27,058 55.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 111 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,236 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 135 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 126 0.3%

• Under 18 11,152 22.9%
• 18–24 3,722 7.6%
• 25–44 11,436 23.5%
• 45–64 12,235 25.1%
• 65 and over 10,191 20.9%

Median household income

$49,283

90% interval $44,268–$54,298

−$24,772 vs NC · 96th of 100

Below poverty line

21.1%

90% interval 17.1%–25.1%

+8.5 pp vs NC · 8th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.9 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,806

Establishments

861

• Education & health services 3,488 23.5%
• Manufacturing 3,238 21.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,827 19.1%
• Public administration 2,193 14.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 949 6.4%
• Professional & business services 909 6.1%
• Construction 405 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 288 1.9%
• Other services 241 1.6%
• Financial activities 230 1.6%
• Information 59 0.4%

Home ownership

60.8%

−5.8 pp vs NC · 91st of 100

Median gross rent

$858

−$370 vs NC · 61st of 100

Owner-occupied

11,950

Renter-occupied

7,702

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $75,277/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,671/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 14,900 61.0%
• Republican 9,355 38.3%
• Other / third-party 161 0.7%

• Spanish 2,735 6.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 136 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 96 0.2%
• Chinese 46 0.1%
• Tagalog 5 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%
• Arabic 4 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

19,652

Family households

12,690

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,007

15.8% of families

Single-mother families

2,174

17.1% of families

Veterans

2,878

7.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.0%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

11.0%

±1.4 pp

33rd of 100

With a disability

17.8%

±1.5 pp

36th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

17.5%

±1.9 pp

−18.2 pp vs NC · 80th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.6%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

15

39.91 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11