Jury Pool Profile

Rockingham County, North Carolina

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 91,585
Median household income: $55,796
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 66,525 72.6%
Black or African American alone 16,112 17.6%
Asian alone 185 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 669 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 138 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,388 2.6%
Two or more races 5,568 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,308 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

Under 18 18,732 20.5%
18–24 6,615 7.2%
25–44 20,812 22.7%
45–64 26,418 28.8%
65 and over 19,008 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,428
Establishments: 1,908

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,893 23.7%
Manufacturing 5,163 20.7%
Education & health services 5,011 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 2,461 9.9%
Professional & business services 1,867 7.5%
Construction 1,678 6.7%
Public administration 1,582 6.4%
Other services 586 2.4%
Financial activities 529 2.1%
Information 75 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 59 0.2%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 28,230
Renter-occupied: 10,788

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 49,492 votes cast

Republican 33,447 67.6%
Democratic 15,676 31.7%
Other / third-party 369 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,406 5.1%
German 189 0.2%
Other Indo-European 94 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 78 0.1%
Chinese 56 0.1%
Arabic 53 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 35 0.0%
Korean 29 0.0%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%
Other 16 0.0%
Tagalog 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 39,018
Family households: 25,336; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 18,176
Single-mother households: 2,083
Veterans: 5,206; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 13 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 21.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023