Jury Pool Profile

Sampson County, North Carolina

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 59,245
Median household income: $53,159
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,539 53.2%
Black or African American alone 14,768 24.9%
Asian alone 289 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,288 2.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 8,816 14.9%
Two or more races 2,545 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,600 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 14,490 24.5%
18–24 5,047 8.5%
25–44 13,747 23.2%
45–64 15,325 25.9%
65 and over 10,636 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,873
Establishments: 1,258

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,928 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,093 18.1%
Manufacturing 2,886 16.9%
Natural resources & mining 2,021 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,342 7.9%
Public administration 1,305 7.6%
Professional & business services 1,105 6.5%
Construction 625 3.7%
Other services 418 2.4%
Financial activities 277 1.6%
Information 89 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $811
Owner-occupied: 15,519
Renter-occupied: 5,802

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,138 votes cast

Republican 18,178 64.6%
Democratic 9,797 34.8%
Other / third-party 163 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,408 18.8%
Korean 112 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 67 0.1%
Vietnamese 41 0.1%
Other 37 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 35 0.1%
Arabic 29 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.0%
Tagalog 14 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%
German 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,321
Family households: 14,693; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 10,282
Single-mother households: 1,484
Veterans: 3,186; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.4% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.0%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 55.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023