Jury Pool Profile

Wake County, North Carolina

Democratic +26 (2024)

Population: 1,151,009
Median household income: $101,763
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 683,568 59.4%
Black or African American alone 221,985 19.3%
Asian alone 93,193 8.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,325 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 383 0.0%
Some other race alone 55,569 4.8%
Two or more races 92,986 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 131,104 11.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 269,263 23.4%
18–24 100,438 8.7%
25–44 341,670 29.7%
45–64 295,584 25.7%
65 and over 144,054 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $128.4B; 15.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,807
Establishments: 50,997

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 137,199 21.0%
Education & health services 127,871 19.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 115,325 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 71,812 11.0%
Construction 45,432 7.0%
Public administration 45,292 6.9%
Financial activities 38,862 5.9%
Information 24,763 3.8%
Manufacturing 23,638 3.6%
Other services 21,600 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,321 0.2%
Unclassified 39 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.4%
Median gross rent: $1,508
Owner-occupied: 287,109
Renter-occupied: 158,527

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 650,796 votes cast

Democratic 402,984 61.9%
Republican 236,735 36.4%
Other / third-party 11,077 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 92,171 8.5%
Other Indo-European 32,573 3.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 21,592 2.0%
Chinese 10,932 1.0%
Other 9,621 0.9%
Arabic 8,334 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 7,869 0.7%
Slavic languages 5,820 0.5%
Vietnamese 5,095 0.5%
Korean 4,074 0.4%
German 3,350 0.3%
Tagalog 2,324 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 445,636
Family households: 290,233; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 227,450
Single-mother households: 24,705
Veterans: 50,228; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 218,711 19.4%
Catholic 151,646 13.4%
Mainline Protestant 90,944 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 85,938 7.6%
Black Protestant 33,174 2.9%
Orthodox 4,345 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 9.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 56.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: Raleigh

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 101; 11.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 92

NHTSA FARS 2023