Rockingham County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 64,421 69.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,605 7.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,912 17.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 296 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,991 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 130 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 175 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 601 0.7%

• Under 18 18,711 20.3%
• 18–24 6,700 7.3%
• 25–44 20,975 22.8%
• 45–64 26,269 28.5%
• 65 and over 19,476 21.1%

Median household income

$56,141

90% interval $51,127–$61,155

−$17,914 vs NC · 76th of 100

Below poverty line

17.2%

90% interval 14.8%–19.6%

+4.6 pp vs NC · 28th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.8B

0.46% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,203

Establishments

1,831

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,547 23.2%
• Education & health services 4,969 20.7%
• Manufacturing 4,694 19.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,387 10.0%
• Professional & business services 1,757 7.3%
• Public administration 1,594 6.7%
• Financial activities 602 2.5%
• Other services 588 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.1%

+5.5 pp vs NC · 56th of 100

Median gross rent

$810

−$418 vs NC · 71st of 100

Owner-occupied

28,545

Renter-occupied

11,061

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Manufacturing, $62,097/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,123/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 33,447 67.6%
• Democratic 15,676 31.7%
• Other / third-party 369 0.7%

• Spanish 4,378 5.0%
• German or other West Germanic 180 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 91 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 75 0.1%
• Chinese 68 0.1%
• Arabic 67 0.1%
• Korean 26 0.0%
• Tagalog 20 0.0%

Households

39,606

Family households

25,244

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,874

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

2,203

8.7% of families

Veterans

5,236

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 24,488 26.9%
• Mainline Protestant 6,969 7.7%
• Black Protestant 5,578 6.1%
• Catholic 4,574 5.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,630 2.9%

Health insured

90.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±0.9 pp

72nd of 100

With a disability

18.0%

±1.1 pp

35th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

17.0%

±1.2 pp

−18.7 pp vs NC · 83rd of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.8%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

22nd 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

Wentworth, Yanceyville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

17.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12