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Warren County, North Carolina

Democratic +19.0 (2024)
County seat
Warrenton
Judicial district
11th Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
18,898
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,795.

At a glance

Warren County is an 18,898-person venue. The county population is 38% White and 47% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $55,287, $18,768 below the NC state median of $74,055; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 21.3% of covered employment, average pay $53,624/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.66%, above the 3.75% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 66% of the vote across the three.

Population
18,795
Median household income
$50,638
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 38%; Black: 47%.

Warren County has a population of 18,795, with a median age of 49.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 38.4%; Black residents 47.3%. Independently, 4.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $55,287; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 20.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 7,103 37.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 874 4.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,882 47.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 872 4.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 908 4.8%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 126 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 49.6

  • Under 18 3,321 17.7%
  • 18–24 1,240 6.6%
  • 25–44 3,944 21.0%
  • 45–64 5,078 27.0%
  • 65 and over 5,212 27.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$55,287
90% interval $51,741–$58,833
−$18,768 vs NC · 81st of 100
Below poverty line
20.1%
90% interval 16.0%–24.2%
+7.5 pp vs NC · 13th of 100

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by government and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Public administration, 623 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 525, is within 20% of it.

Public administration is the largest employment sector at 21.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.66%, above the North Carolina state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP
$407.3M
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$44,096
Establishments
340

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 623 21.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 525 18.0%
  • Education & health services 478 16.4%
  • Manufacturing 476 16.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 305 10.4%
  • Professional & business services 160 5.5%
  • Construction 120 4.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 102 3.5%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
69.4%
+2.8 pp vs NC · 66th of 100
Median gross rent
$790
−$438 vs NC · 76th of 100
Owner-occupied
5,651
Renter-occupied
2,496

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($55,433 vs $24,477/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 8.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Warren County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.8% in 2024, 62.2% in 2020, 65.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,985 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201632.6%65.9%
202036.5%62.2%
202439.8%58.8%
  • Democratic 5,872 58.8%
  • Republican 3,976 39.8%
  • Other / third-party 137 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 9.6% of the adult civilian population (1,482 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 532 2.9%
  • German or other West Germanic 108 0.6%
  • Arabic 32 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 30 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.2%
  • Tagalog 15 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
8,147
Family households
5,195
63.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
695
13.4% of families
Single-mother families
624
12.0% of families
Veterans
1,482
9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

43.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,238 22.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,262 12.1%
  • Black Protestant 1,184 6.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 290 1.6%
  • Catholic 173 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.2%
±2.1 pp
Uninsured
10.8%
±2.1 pp
38th of 100
With a disability
22.2%
±1.9 pp
6th of 100
Bachelor's or higher
18.9%
±2.2 pp
−16.8 pp vs NC · 71st of 100
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
13.1%
90% interval 11.7%–14.5% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
11th 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
Henderson, Louisburg, Oxford, Roxboro, Warrenton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Warren totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 8 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
8
51.7 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Warren County, North Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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