Jury Pool Profile

Nash County, North Carolina

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 95,451
Median household income: $60,704
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,001 48.2%
Black or African American alone 38,787 40.6%
Asian alone 817 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 622 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,997 5.2%
Two or more races 4,215 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,578 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 21,089 22.1%
18–24 7,802 8.2%
25–44 22,539 23.6%
45–64 25,931 27.2%
65 and over 18,090 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.2B; 0.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,440
Establishments: 2,447

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,411 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,327 21.1%
Manufacturing 7,920 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,044 10.2%
Professional & business services 3,141 8.0%
Construction 2,148 5.4%
Public administration 2,122 5.4%
Financial activities 1,350 3.4%
Other services 1,021 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 818 2.1%
Information 197 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.7%
Median gross rent: $924
Owner-occupied: 24,286
Renter-occupied: 13,837

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 52,364 votes cast

Republican 26,431 50.5%
Democratic 25,508 48.7%
Other / third-party 425 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,161 6.8%
Other Indo-European 400 0.4%
Arabic 358 0.4%
Tagalog 131 0.1%
German 122 0.1%
Chinese 70 0.1%
Other 60 0.1%
Vietnamese 29 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 38,123
Family households: 24,984; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 16,187
Single-mother households: 3,230
Veterans: 5,564; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 36,569 38.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,381 8.8%
Black Protestant 2,969 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,679 1.8%
Catholic 917 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Nashville, Tarboro, Wilson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 29.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023