Jury Pool Profile

Vance County, North Carolina

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 42,361
Median household income: $46,943
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,307 38.5%
Black or African American alone 20,746 49.0%
Asian alone 272 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 141 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,291 5.4%
Two or more races 2,604 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,853 9.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 10,188 24.1%
18–24 3,518 8.3%
25–44 9,831 23.2%
45–64 10,866 25.7%
65 and over 7,958 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,261
Establishments: 958

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,211 29.8%
Education & health services 3,699 26.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,684 11.9%
Manufacturing 1,489 10.5%
Professional & business services 937 6.6%
Public administration 914 6.5%
Financial activities 366 2.6%
Construction 353 2.5%
Other services 275 1.9%
Information 123 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 68 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.4%
Median gross rent: $860
Owner-occupied: 9,224
Renter-occupied: 6,857

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,059 votes cast

Democratic 11,292 56.3%
Republican 8,614 42.9%
Other / third-party 153 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,296 5.8%
Arabic 171 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 147 0.4%
Other Indo-European 118 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.1%
Tagalog 41 0.1%
German 19 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,081
Family households: 10,072; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,635
Single-mother households: 1,583
Veterans: 2,210; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,348 33.7%
Mainline Protestant 4,262 10.0%
Black Protestant 2,746 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 945 2.2%
Catholic 496 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 16 (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: Henderson, Louisburg, Oxford, Roxboro, Warrenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 15.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023