Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, North Carolina

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 64,565
Median household income: $63,060
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,408 65.7%
Black or African American alone 11,995 18.6%
Asian alone 793 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 86 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,202 5.0%
Two or more races 6,081 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,590 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 15,422 23.9%
18–24 5,347 8.3%
25–44 16,469 25.5%
45–64 16,430 25.4%
65 and over 10,897 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.3B; 0.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,075
Establishments: 1,866

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 8,498 30.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,261 19.0%
Education & health services 4,675 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,593 9.4%
Professional & business services 2,495 9.0%
Construction 1,388 5.0%
Public administration 1,296 4.7%
Financial activities 617 2.2%
Other services 509 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 185 0.7%
Information 154 0.6%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.0%
Median gross rent: $962
Owner-occupied: 16,263
Renter-occupied: 8,396

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,007 votes cast

Republican 17,489 58.3%
Democratic 12,245 40.8%
Other / third-party 273 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,641 17.6%
Vietnamese 188 0.3%
Arabic 171 0.3%
Other 163 0.3%
German 147 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 145 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 118 0.2%
Tagalog 111 0.2%
Other Indo-European 108 0.2%
Slavic languages 89 0.1%
Korean 32 0.1%
Chinese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,659
Family households: 17,293; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 11,785
Single-mother households: 2,236
Veterans: 3,437; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,028 22.2%
Catholic 6,897 10.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,500 8.7%
Black Protestant 2,370 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,971 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 26.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023