Jury Pool Profile

Lenoir County, North Carolina

Republican +7 (2024)

Population: 54,917
Median household income: $44,795
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,779 50.6%
Black or African American alone 21,799 39.7%
Asian alone 440 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 151 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 59 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,093 3.8%
Two or more races 2,596 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,620 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 12,460 22.7%
18–24 4,308 7.8%
25–44 12,223 22.3%
45–64 14,350 26.1%
65 and over 11,576 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,091
Establishments: 1,412

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 8,017 27.6%
Education & health services 6,827 23.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,300 18.2%
Professional & business services 2,210 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,924 6.6%
Construction 1,885 6.5%
Public administration 1,479 5.1%
Financial activities 592 2.0%
Other services 536 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 263 0.9%
Information 50 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.3%
Median gross rent: $814
Owner-occupied: 13,588
Renter-occupied: 9,342

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,465 votes cast

Republican 14,564 53.0%
Democratic 12,700 46.2%
Other / third-party 201 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,587 6.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 138 0.3%
Slavic languages 103 0.2%
Vietnamese 85 0.2%
German 51 0.1%
Other 33 0.1%
Korean 30 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,930
Family households: 13,591; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 8,318
Single-mother households: 2,338
Veterans: 3,716; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,927 36.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,156 7.5%
Black Protestant 3,018 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,427 2.6%
Catholic 1,357 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Goldsboro, Kinston, Snow Hill

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 35.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023