Randolph County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 109,713 75.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,523 14.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,804 6.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,923 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,794 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 202 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 380 0.3%

• Under 18 32,538 22.2%
• 18–24 11,892 8.1%
• 25–44 34,811 23.8%
• 45–64 40,219 27.5%
• 65 and over 26,888 18.4%

Median household income

$63,374

90% interval $59,679–$67,069

−$10,681 vs NC · 48th of 100

Below poverty line

12.5%

90% interval 10.3%–14.7%

−0.1 pp vs NC · 70th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.0B

0.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,246

Establishments

3,080

• Manufacturing 12,560 27.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,158 18.0%
• Education & health services 7,836 17.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,502 9.9%
• Professional & business services 3,792 8.3%
• Construction 3,237 7.1%
• Public administration 2,733 6.0%
• Other services 1,052 2.3%
• Financial activities 1,025 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 377 0.8%
• Information 172 0.4%

Home ownership

72.5%

+5.9 pp vs NC · 53rd of 100

Median gross rent

$887

−$341 vs NC · 50th of 100

Owner-occupied

41,868

Renter-occupied

15,853

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Construction, $74,750/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,892/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 59,357 78.3%
• Democratic 15,951 21.0%
• Other / third-party 533 0.7%

• Spanish 16,619 12.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 317 0.2%
• Tagalog 208 0.2%
• Arabic 102 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 69 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 64 0.0%
• Vietnamese 59 0.0%
• Chinese 33 0.0%

Households

57,721

Family households

38,521

66.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,292

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

3,282

8.5% of families

Veterans

7,634

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 38,631 26.8%
• Mainline Protestant 14,298 9.9%
• Catholic 11,888 8.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,350 1.6%
• Black Protestant 1,033 0.7%

Health insured

88.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±0.9 pp

31st of 100

With a disability

15.8%

±1 pp

64th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

17.9%

±1.2 pp

−17.8 pp vs NC · 77th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.8%

90% interval 11.6%–14.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

37th 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

Asheboro

Traffic fatalities

29

25.48 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

28