Jury Pool Profile

Richmond County, North Carolina

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 42,818
Median household income: $43,626
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,360 56.9%
Black or African American alone 13,599 31.8%
Asian alone 344 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 899 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,039 4.8%
Two or more races 1,577 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,222 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 10,111 23.6%
18–24 3,639 8.5%
25–44 10,345 24.2%
45–64 11,077 25.9%
65 and over 7,646 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,814
Establishments: 928

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,510 25.0%
Manufacturing 3,411 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,392 17.0%
Public administration 1,181 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,172 8.3%
Professional & business services 866 6.2%
Construction 433 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 391 2.8%
Financial activities 296 2.1%
Information 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.7%
Median gross rent: $744
Owner-occupied: 10,909
Renter-occupied: 5,954

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,848 votes cast

Republican 11,931 60.1%
Democratic 7,787 39.2%
Other / third-party 130 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,816 7.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 168 0.4%
Other Indo-European 72 0.2%
German 44 0.1%
Slavic languages 32 0.1%
Vietnamese 31 0.1%
Korean 27 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.0%
Other 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,863
Family households: 10,717; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,391
Single-mother households: 1,939
Veterans: 1,932; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,121 42.2%
Mainline Protestant 5,587 13.0%
Black Protestant 3,159 7.4%
Catholic 2,003 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 612 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Laurinburg, Rockingham, Wadesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 24.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023