Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 498,847 43.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 184,569 16.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 343,410 29.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 72,816 6.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 46,855 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,615 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 413 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6,156 0.5%

• Under 18 263,733 22.8%
• 18–24 105,974 9.2%
• 25–44 369,503 32.0%
• 45–64 277,566 24.0%
• 65 and over 137,905 11.9%

Median household income

$90,698

90% interval $88,250–$93,146

+$16,643 vs NC · 5th of 100

Below poverty line

10.6%

90% interval 9.8%–11.4%

−2.0 pp vs NC · 85th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$186.1B

22.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$91,381

Establishments

50,264

• Trade, transportation & utilities 161,229 20.4%
• Professional & business services 157,717 19.9%
• Education & health services 138,194 17.5%
• Financial activities 107,428 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 85,778 10.8%
• Construction 42,540 5.4%
• Manufacturing 34,912 4.4%
• Information 21,101 2.7%
• Other services 20,933 2.6%
• Public administration 20,627 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,144 0.1%
• Unclassified 8 0.0%

Home ownership

55.1%

−11.5 pp vs NC · 98th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,627

+$399 vs NC · 1st of 100

Owner-occupied

257,167

Renter-occupied

209,360

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $161,148/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $40,327/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 376,454 65.6%
• Republican 187,770 32.7%
• Other / third-party 9,455 1.6%

• Spanish 144,049 13.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10,091 0.9%
• Vietnamese 7,444 0.7%
• Chinese 6,949 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,709 0.6%
• Arabic 5,040 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 3,196 0.3%
• Korean 2,401 0.2%
• Tagalog 2,038 0.2%

Households

466,527

Family households

270,986

58.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

82,293

30.4% of families

Single-mother families

31,240

11.5% of families

Veterans

44,881

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 277,782 24.9%
• Catholic 173,181 15.5%
• Mainline Protestant 123,414 11.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 70,319 6.3%
• Black Protestant 32,917 3.0%
• Orthodox 9,336 0.8%

Health insured

88.5%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

11.5%

±0.3 pp

27th of 100

With a disability

8.9%

±0.3 pp

100th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

49.2%

±0.6 pp

+13.5 pp vs NC · 4th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.6%–11.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

26th Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

8 (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

Charlotte

Traffic fatalities

121

13.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

115