Jury Pool Profile

Person County, North Carolina

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 39,275
Median household income: $64,927
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,796 65.7%
Black or African American alone 10,004 25.5%
Asian alone 168 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 233 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 548 1.4%
Two or more races 2,524 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,303 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 8,133 20.7%
18–24 3,142 8.0%
25–44 8,736 22.2%
45–64 11,014 28.0%
65 and over 8,250 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,063
Establishments: 818

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,523 27.2%
Education & health services 2,113 22.7%
Manufacturing 1,174 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 936 10.1%
Public administration 785 8.5%
Construction 528 5.7%
Professional & business services 512 5.5%
Other services 343 3.7%
Financial activities 215 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 95 1.0%
Information 63 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 12,302
Renter-occupied: 3,909

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,993 votes cast

Republican 13,509 61.4%
Democratic 8,295 37.7%
Other / third-party 189 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,658 4.5%
Other Indo-European 149 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 112 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.2%
Arabic 25 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,211
Family households: 10,857; 67.0% of households
Married w/ children: 7,619
Single-mother households: 1,290
Veterans: 2,176; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,479 26.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,615 9.2%
Black Protestant 1,978 5.1%
Catholic 1,644 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 655 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 16 (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: Henderson, Louisburg, Oxford, Roxboro, Warrenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 32.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023