Jury Pool Profile

Stanly County, North Carolina

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 63,557
Median household income: $61,631
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 51,072 80.4%
Black or African American alone 6,998 11.0%
Asian alone 1,210 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 177 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 213 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,666 2.6%
Two or more races 2,221 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,341 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 13,803 21.7%
18–24 5,106 8.0%
25–44 15,726 24.7%
45–64 16,820 26.5%
65 and over 12,102 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,697
Establishments: 1,703

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 4,408 19.1%
Education & health services 4,401 19.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,683 15.9%
Manufacturing 3,512 15.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,334 10.1%
Construction 1,642 7.1%
Public administration 1,627 7.0%
Other services 588 2.5%
Financial activities 508 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 285 1.2%
Information 104 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $830
Owner-occupied: 17,997
Renter-occupied: 6,439

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,651 votes cast

Republican 27,518 75.1%
Democratic 8,881 24.2%
Other / third-party 252 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,405 4.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 637 1.1%
Vietnamese 184 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 160 0.3%
Other Indo-European 147 0.2%
Slavic languages 85 0.1%
Other 83 0.1%
Chinese 65 0.1%
German 34 0.1%
Tagalog 26 0.0%
Korean 24 0.0%
Arabic 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,436
Family households: 16,328; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 12,026
Single-mother households: 1,761
Veterans: 3,363; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.4% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th 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: Albemarle, Monroe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 20.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023