Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, North Carolina

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 21,640
Median household income: $58,628
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,915 92.0%
Black or African American alone 223 1.0%
Asian alone 94 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.1%
Some other race alone 205 0.9%
Two or more races 1,167 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 759 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 3,794 17.5%
18–24 2,101 9.7%
25–44 5,012 23.2%
45–64 5,728 26.5%
65 and over 5,005 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $632.1M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,583
Establishments: 576

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,317 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 753 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 497 11.5%
Manufacturing 487 11.3%
Public administration 476 11.0%
Construction 304 7.1%
Professional & business services 218 5.1%
Other services 144 3.3%
Financial activities 68 1.6%
Information 27 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 18 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $764
Owner-occupied: 6,546
Renter-occupied: 1,853

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,561 votes cast

Republican 8,275 61.0%
Democratic 5,090 37.5%
Other / third-party 196 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 272 1.3%
German 35 0.2%
Other Indo-European 21 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,399
Family households: 5,486; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,366
Single-mother households: 278
Veterans: 1,344; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,820 41.6%
Mainline Protestant 613 2.9%
Catholic 605 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 399 1.9%
Black Protestant 150 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th 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: Bakersville, Boone, Burnsville, Marshall, Newland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 11.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023