Jury Pool Profile

Hoke County, North Carolina

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 53,102
Median household income: $60,095
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,680 40.8%
Black or African American alone 17,797 33.5%
Asian alone 764 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,803 7.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,160 7.8%
Two or more races 4,891 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,106 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.7

Under 18 14,432 27.2%
18–24 4,264 8.0%
25–44 16,456 31.0%
45–64 11,896 22.4%
65 and over 6,054 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,891
Establishments: 697

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,229 35.7%
Manufacturing 1,641 18.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,497 16.5%
Public administration 736 8.1%
Professional & business services 549 6.1%
Leisure & hospitality 539 6.0%
Construction 394 4.4%
Financial activities 176 1.9%
Other services 134 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 129 1.4%
Information 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.7%
Median gross rent: $1,047
Owner-occupied: 13,450
Renter-occupied: 5,313

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,724 votes cast

Democratic 11,896 52.3%
Republican 10,547 46.4%
Other / third-party 281 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,428 9.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 262 0.5%
Tagalog 169 0.3%
German 155 0.3%
Vietnamese 129 0.3%
Other Indo-European 118 0.2%
Other 102 0.2%
Chinese 97 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 90 0.2%
Korean 47 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,763
Family households: 12,177; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 8,499
Single-mother households: 1,664
Veterans: 6,238; 17.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,566 16.4%
Black Protestant 2,382 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,101 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,152 2.2%
Catholic 1,015 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th 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: Carthage, Raeford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 33.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023