Jury Pool Profile

Johnston County, North Carolina

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 226,623
Median household income: $79,838
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 151,028 66.6%
Black or African American alone 37,620 16.6%
Asian alone 1,785 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,604 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 116 0.1%
Some other race alone 18,230 8.0%
Two or more races 16,240 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 36,811 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 56,952 25.1%
18–24 18,182 8.0%
25–44 60,104 26.5%
45–64 60,770 26.8%
65 and over 30,615 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.6B; 1.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,305
Establishments: 5,104

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,358 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,024 21.3%
Manufacturing 8,227 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 7,156 11.7%
Professional & business services 6,592 10.8%
Construction 5,758 9.4%
Public administration 3,186 5.2%
Financial activities 1,512 2.5%
Other services 1,388 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 571 0.9%
Information 229 0.4%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $1,007
Owner-occupied: 63,448
Renter-occupied: 18,845

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 124,360 votes cast

Republican 74,878 60.2%
Democratic 48,116 38.7%
Other / third-party 1,366 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 28,266 13.3%
Arabic 760 0.4%
Other Indo-European 746 0.4%
Slavic languages 547 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 488 0.2%
German 434 0.2%
Other 351 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 310 0.1%
Tagalog 306 0.1%
Chinese 206 0.1%
Vietnamese 116 0.1%
Korean 97 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 82,293
Family households: 60,072; 73.0% of households
Married w/ children: 47,467
Single-mother households: 4,559
Veterans: 13,968; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 40,426 18.7%
Catholic 21,067 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 11,717 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,691 3.6%
Black Protestant 3,245 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.9%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Smithfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 32; 18.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023