Harnett County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 81,041 58.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,043 15.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 27,559 19.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,233 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,466 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 773 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 222 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 813 0.6%

• Under 18 35,394 25.4%
• 18–24 11,640 8.4%
• 25–44 40,922 29.4%
• 45–64 32,121 23.1%
• 65 and over 19,073 13.7%

Median household income

$72,961

90% interval $68,795–$77,127

−$1,094 vs NC · 22nd of 100

Below poverty line

13.2%

90% interval 11.2%–15.2%

+0.6 pp vs NC · 64th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.0B

0.47% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,532

Establishments

2,505

• Education & health services 7,939 26.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,141 24.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,711 12.5%
• Professional & business services 2,778 9.4%
• Construction 2,581 8.7%
• Public administration 1,983 6.7%
• Financial activities 695 2.3%
• Other services 649 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.0%

+4.4 pp vs NC · 61st of 100

Median gross rent

$1,112

−$116 vs NC · 27th of 100

Owner-occupied

35,404

Renter-occupied

14,441

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Construction, $65,228/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,606/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 13,365 10.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 533 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 493 0.4%
• Korean 243 0.2%
• Chinese 222 0.2%
• Tagalog 134 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 119 0.1%
• Arabic 107 0.1%
• Vietnamese 29 0.0%

Households

49,845

Family households

34,635

69.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,900

34.4% of families

Single-mother families

3,556

10.3% of families

Veterans

11,660

11.8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

9.7%

±0.8 pp

55th of 100

With a disability

16.0%

±0.8 pp

62nd of 100

Bachelor's or higher

24.5%

±1.2 pp

−11.2 pp vs NC · 47th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.9%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

1 (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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

35

33.73 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

33