Jury Pool Profile

Rowan County, North Carolina

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 148,487
Median household income: $63,196
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 105,910 71.3%
Black or African American alone 23,278 15.7%
Asian alone 1,458 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 782 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 120 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,862 4.6%
Two or more races 10,077 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,784 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 33,100 22.3%
18–24 12,969 8.7%
25–44 36,338 24.5%
45–64 40,074 27.0%
65 and over 26,006 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.9B; 0.93% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,503
Establishments: 3,334

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 13,156 26.0%
Education & health services 12,105 23.9%
Manufacturing 6,867 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 5,265 10.4%
Professional & business services 4,926 9.7%
Construction 3,142 6.2%
Public administration 2,715 5.4%
Other services 984 1.9%
Financial activities 794 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 502 1.0%
Information 138 0.3%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $990
Owner-occupied: 41,152
Renter-occupied: 16,610

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 75,236 votes cast

Republican 50,807 67.5%
Democratic 23,788 31.6%
Other / third-party 641 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,582 9.0%
German 446 0.3%
Other Indo-European 441 0.3%
Slavic languages 326 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 319 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 237 0.2%
Chinese 230 0.2%
Arabic 220 0.2%
Other 206 0.1%
Vietnamese 126 0.1%
Korean 59 0.0%
Tagalog 52 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 57,762
Family households: 38,847; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 27,994
Single-mother households: 4,238
Veterans: 8,796; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 35,769 24.4%
Mainline Protestant 16,805 11.4%
Catholic 10,593 7.2%
Black Protestant 4,252 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,294 1.6%
Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th 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: Salisbury

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 21.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023