Guilford County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 252,302 46.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55,083 10.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 183,433 33.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 29,493 5.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 23,529 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 724 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 108 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,268 0.6%

• Under 18 120,573 22.0%
• 18–24 64,137 11.7%
• 25–44 141,337 25.8%
• 45–64 134,709 24.6%
• 65 and over 87,184 15.9%

Median household income

$70,304

90% interval $67,316–$73,292

−$3,751 vs NC · 32nd of 100

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.9%–15.1%

+0.9 pp vs NC · 60th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$46.9B

5.56% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,939

Establishments

16,482

• Trade, transportation & utilities 74,330 25.4%
• Education & health services 62,930 21.5%
• Professional & business services 42,801 14.6%
• Manufacturing 31,473 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 31,018 10.6%
• Financial activities 13,994 4.8%
• Construction 13,865 4.7%
• Public administration 10,876 3.7%
• Other services 7,350 2.5%
• Information 3,363 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 377 0.1%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

Home ownership

59.9%

−6.7 pp vs NC · 95th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,163

−$65 vs NC · 21st of 100

Owner-occupied

131,715

Renter-occupied

88,003

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $95,371/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,216/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 171,118 60.2%
• Republican 109,077 38.4%
• Other / third-party 3,919 1.4%

• Spanish 39,328 7.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,398 1.0%
• Arabic 4,531 0.9%
• Vietnamese 3,652 0.7%
• Chinese 3,189 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,693 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,556 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,272 0.2%
• Korean 993 0.2%

Households

219,718

Family households

134,566

61.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

35,552

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

17,006

12.6% of families

Veterans

24,634

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 130,518 24.1%
• Mainline Protestant 57,069 10.5%
• Catholic 45,086 8.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 26,375 4.9%
• Black Protestant 20,956 3.9%
• Orthodox 823 0.2%

Health insured

91.6%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±0.5 pp

83rd of 100

With a disability

12.3%

±0.4 pp

89th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

39.0%

±0.9 pp

+3.3 pp vs NC · 13th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.3%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

5 (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

Greensboro

Traffic fatalities

74

17.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

70