Jury Pool Profile

Scotland County, North Carolina

Republican +7 (2024)

Population: 34,353
Median household income: $43,500
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,094 41.0%
Black or African American alone 12,973 37.8%
Asian alone 348 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,919 11.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 686 2.0%
Two or more races 2,333 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,272 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 7,734 22.5%
18–24 3,293 9.6%
25–44 8,698 25.3%
45–64 8,494 24.7%
65 and over 6,134 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +1.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,042
Establishments: 706

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,499 29.3%
Manufacturing 2,425 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,060 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,216 10.2%
Public administration 1,199 10.0%
Professional & business services 632 5.3%
Construction 362 3.0%
Financial activities 238 2.0%
Other services 160 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 127 1.1%
Information 40 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.9%
Median gross rent: $766
Owner-occupied: 7,288
Renter-occupied: 5,088

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,613 votes cast

Republican 7,767 53.2%
Democratic 6,754 46.2%
Other / third-party 92 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 837 2.6%
Chinese 251 0.8%
Arabic 96 0.3%
Other Indo-European 83 0.3%
German 51 0.2%
Other 17 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,376
Family households: 7,858; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,491
Single-mother households: 1,378
Veterans: 1,757; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,653 13.6%
Black Protestant 3,660 10.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,221 9.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 607 1.8%
Catholic 446 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.2%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Laurinburg, Rockingham, Wadesboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 67.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023