Sampson County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,244 49.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,098 22.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14,293 24.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 255 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,357 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 978 1.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 30 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 215 0.4%

• Under 18 14,584 24.5%
• 18–24 5,076 8.5%
• 25–44 13,825 23.2%
• 45–64 15,192 25.5%
• 65 and over 10,793 18.1%

Median household income

$55,628

90% interval $52,001–$59,255

−$18,427 vs NC · 78th of 100

Below poverty line

19.1%

90% interval 16.1%–22.1%

+6.5 pp vs NC · 22nd of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,180

Establishments

1,214

• Education & health services 4,144 23.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,225 18.5%
• Manufacturing 2,886 16.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,848 10.6%
• Public administration 1,327 7.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,283 7.4%
• Professional & business services 1,094 6.3%
• Construction 684 3.9%
• Other services 537 3.1%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.8%

+7.2 pp vs NC · 46th of 100

Median gross rent

$834

−$394 vs NC · 65th of 100

Owner-occupied

15,948

Renter-occupied

5,659

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $71,862/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,366/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 18,178 64.6%
• Democratic 9,797 34.8%
• Other / third-party 163 0.6%

• Spanish 10,410 18.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 74 0.1%
• Vietnamese 53 0.1%
• Arabic 41 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 25 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 23 0.0%
• Korean 5 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

21,607

Family households

14,747

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,231

21.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,640

11.1% of families

Veterans

3,083

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 28,487 48.3%
• Black Protestant 4,698 8.0%
• Mainline Protestant 3,664 6.2%
• Catholic 3,534 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 605 1.0%

Health insured

84.4%

±1.6 pp

Uninsured

15.6%

±1.6 pp

6th of 100

With a disability

15.7%

±1.3 pp

65th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

16.2%

±1.3 pp

−19.5 pp vs NC · 90th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

14.2%

90% interval 12.8%–15.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Clinton, Jacksonville, Kenansville, Trenton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

21

46.79 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17