Jury Pool Profile
Greene County, North Carolina
- County seat
- Snow Hill
- Judicial district
- 9th Judicial District Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 20,700
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 20,486.
At a glance
Greene County is a 20,700-person venue. The county population is 48% White and 32% Black (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $57,307, $16,748 below the NC state median of $74,055; 12.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 28.1% of covered employment, average pay $58,223/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.32%, below the 3.75% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 54% to 59% of the vote across the three. At least 13% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 20,486
- Median household income
- $53,244
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 48%; Black: 32%.
Greene County has a population of 20,486, with a median age of 39.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 47.9%; Black residents 31.8%. Independently, 15.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,307; 12.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 28% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 28.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 21.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.32%, below the North Carolina state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Greene County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.8% in 2024, 55.7% in 2020, 54.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
14.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Korean, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 4.3% of the adult civilian population (718 individuals).