Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, North Carolina

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 25,874
Median household income: $55,849
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,289 66.8%
Black or African American alone 4,318 16.7%
Asian alone 404 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 296 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,445 5.6%
Two or more races 2,122 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,000 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 5,393 20.8%
18–24 1,850 7.2%
25–44 6,111 23.6%
45–64 6,875 26.6%
65 and over 5,645 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,929
Establishments: 620

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,679 30.0%
Education & health services 1,858 20.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,064 11.9%
Professional & business services 818 9.2%
Public administration 712 8.0%
Leisure & hospitality 707 7.9%
Construction 499 5.6%
Other services 220 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 182 2.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $753
Owner-occupied: 7,368
Renter-occupied: 2,707

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,188 votes cast

Republican 9,044 68.6%
Democratic 4,055 30.7%
Other / third-party 89 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,393 13.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 253 1.0%
Chinese 113 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 106 0.4%
German 57 0.2%
Other Indo-European 46 0.2%
Slavic languages 7 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%
Tagalog 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,075
Family households: 7,232; 71.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,140
Single-mother households: 1,046
Veterans: 1,282; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,257 24.3%
Catholic 3,317 12.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,640 10.3%
Black Protestant 2,304 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 190 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th 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: Asheboro, Troy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 63.47 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023