Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, North Carolina

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 71,962
Median household income: $71,386
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,327 63.0%
Black or African American alone 17,074 23.7%
Asian alone 582 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 269 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,242 5.9%
Two or more races 4,466 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,637 10.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 15,744 21.9%
18–24 5,894 8.2%
25–44 17,800 24.7%
45–64 20,248 28.1%
65 and over 12,276 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,174
Establishments: 1,676

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,664 19.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,544 18.5%
Education & health services 2,264 16.5%
Construction 1,628 11.8%
Professional & business services 1,420 10.3%
Public administration 1,172 8.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,064 7.7%
Other services 366 2.7%
Financial activities 342 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 200 1.5%
Information 82 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $988
Owner-occupied: 21,438
Renter-occupied: 6,004

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,526 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,804 7.1%
German 320 0.5%
Other Indo-European 280 0.4%
Other 174 0.3%
Arabic 164 0.2%
Korean 94 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 92 0.1%
Chinese 85 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 53 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.0%
Slavic languages 21 0.0%
Vietnamese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,442
Family households: 19,909; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 15,156
Single-mother households: 1,979
Veterans: 4,467; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 16 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 28.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023