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Jury Pool Profile

Harnett County, North Carolina

Republican +25 (2024)
Population
136,503
Median household income
$69,012
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 85,935 63.0%
  • Black or African American alone 28,377 20.8%
  • Asian alone 1,616 1.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,641 1.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 306 0.2%
  • Some other race alone 8,016 5.9%
  • Two or more races 10,612 7.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,970 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

  • Under 18 34,991 25.6%
  • 18–24 11,511 8.4%
  • 25–44 40,061 29.3%
  • 45–64 31,640 23.2%
  • 65 and over 18,300 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
+0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.0B
0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay
$46,955
Establishments
2,384

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 7,752 27.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,867 24.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 3,594 12.8%
  • Professional & business services 2,403 8.6%
  • Construction 2,366 8.4%
  • Public administration 1,910 6.8%
  • Manufacturing 1,770 6.3%
  • Financial activities 646 2.3%
  • Other services 494 1.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 218 0.8%
  • Information 62 0.2%
  • Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
69.5%
Median gross rent
$1,080
Owner-occupied
33,801
Renter-occupied
14,838

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 63,597 votes cast

  • Republican 39,440 62.0%
  • Democratic 23,472 36.9%
  • Other / third-party 685 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 12,658 10.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 484 0.4%
  • German 441 0.3%
  • Korean 239 0.2%
  • Other 235 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 204 0.2%
  • Tagalog 171 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 160 0.1%
  • Chinese 116 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 112 0.1%
  • Arabic 103 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 65 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
48,639
Family households
33,475
68.8% of households
Married w/ children
25,243
Single-mother households
3,581
Veterans
10,898
11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 31,698 23.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 7,651 5.7%
  • Black Protestant 4,119 3.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,532 2.6%
  • Catholic 836 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.3%
With a disability
15.5%
Bachelor's or higher
23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
12th 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
Lillington, Sanford

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
30
29.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
25

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Harnett County, North Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.