Franklin County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 45,138 60.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,319 11.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 16,760 22.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 832 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,025 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 85 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 225 0.3%

• Under 18 16,194 21.8%
• 18–24 6,125 8.2%
• 25–44 18,524 24.9%
• 45–64 20,555 27.6%
• 65 and over 12,988 17.5%

Median household income

$72,026

90% interval $65,412–$78,640

−$2,029 vs NC · 24th of 100

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 10.6%–14.6%

+0.0 pp vs NC · 67th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.9B

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,429

Establishments

1,681

• Manufacturing 2,722 18.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,496 17.2%
• Education & health services 2,488 17.1%
• Professional & business services 1,392 9.6%
• Public administration 1,198 8.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,196 8.2%
• Other services 389 2.7%
• Financial activities 356 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 84.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.6%

+12.0 pp vs NC · 20th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,083

−$145 vs NC · 33rd of 100

Owner-occupied

22,420

Renter-occupied

6,109

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,794/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,724/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 23,938 56.3%
• Democratic 18,167 42.7%
• Other / third-party 421 1.0%

• Spanish 5,348 7.6%
• German or other West Germanic 375 0.5%
• Chinese 119 0.2%
• Korean 105 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 81 0.1%
• Arabic 59 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 55 0.1%
• Tagalog 32 0.0%
• Vietnamese 14 0.0%

Households

28,529

Family households

20,485

71.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,880

28.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,907

9.3% of families

Veterans

4,678

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,686 20.0%
• Black Protestant 2,946 4.3%
• Catholic 1,982 2.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,941 2.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,820 2.7%

Health insured

90.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

9.2%

±1 pp

68th of 100

With a disability

16.0%

±1 pp

61st of 100

Bachelor's or higher

27.0%

±1.9 pp

−8.7 pp vs NC · 37th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.1%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th 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

Henderson, Louisburg, Oxford, Roxboro, Warrenton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

29.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14