Jury Pool Profile

Northampton County, North Carolina

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 17,212
Median household income: $47,935
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,827 39.7%
Black or African American alone 9,451 54.9%
Asian alone 21 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 129 0.7%
Two or more races 743 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 398 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.6

Under 18 3,085 17.9%
18–24 1,115 6.5%
25–44 3,254 18.9%
45–64 4,849 28.2%
65 and over 4,909 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $738.9M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,460
Establishments: 366

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,941 39.9%
Education & health services 1,156 23.8%
Public administration 552 11.4%
Manufacturing 422 8.7%
Construction 217 4.5%
Professional & business services 178 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 143 2.9%
Leisure & hospitality 114 2.3%
Other services 102 2.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $749
Owner-occupied: 5,562
Renter-occupied: 2,035

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,197 votes cast

Democratic 5,239 57.0%
Republican 3,905 42.5%
Other / third-party 53 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 244 1.5%
Arabic 73 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.2%
German 22 0.1%
Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,597
Family households: 4,614; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 2,947
Single-mother households: 523
Veterans: 955; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.5% overall adherence rate

Black Protestant 5,172 29.6%
Evangelical Protestant 3,151 18.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,354 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 509 2.9%
Orthodox 30 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Halifax, Jackson, Windsor, Winton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 28.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023