Stanly County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,405 78.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,685 5.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,258 11.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,222 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,822 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 162 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 79 0.1%

• Under 18 14,002 21.7%
• 18–24 5,311 8.2%
• 25–44 15,930 24.6%
• 45–64 17,030 26.3%
• 65 and over 12,378 19.1%

Median household income

$64,791

90% interval $58,646–$70,936

−$9,264 vs NC · 45th of 100

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 10.1%–15.1%

+0.0 pp vs NC · 68th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,646

Establishments

1,669

• Education & health services 4,625 19.4%
• Professional & business services 4,246 17.8%
• Manufacturing 4,058 17.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,708 15.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,349 9.9%
• Public administration 1,620 6.8%
• Financial activities 564 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 89.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+7.9 pp vs NC · 42nd of 100

Median gross rent

$861

−$367 vs NC · 59th of 100

Owner-occupied

18,792

Renter-occupied

6,448

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $67,912/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,993/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 27,518 75.1%
• Democratic 8,881 24.2%
• Other / third-party 252 0.7%

• Spanish 2,754 4.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 184 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 155 0.3%
• Vietnamese 95 0.2%
• Chinese 59 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 49 0.1%
• Tagalog 31 0.1%
• Korean 29 0.0%
• Arabic 10 0.0%

Households

25,240

Family households

16,660

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,345

26.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,741

10.5% of families

Veterans

3,306

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 24,923 39.9%
• Mainline Protestant 8,073 12.9%
• Catholic 2,041 3.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,152 1.8%
• Black Protestant 908 1.5%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.2 pp

75th of 100

With a disability

17.5%

±1.3 pp

43rd of 100

Bachelor's or higher

19.9%

±1.8 pp

−15.8 pp vs NC · 65th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.1%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

28th 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

Albemarle, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

21.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11