Jury Pool Profile

Wilkes County, North Carolina

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 65,983
Median household income: $50,438
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,561 87.2%
Black or African American alone 2,461 3.7%
Asian alone 385 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 150 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 79 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,814 2.7%
Two or more races 3,533 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,785 7.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 13,203 20.0%
18–24 5,089 7.7%
25–44 14,463 21.9%
45–64 18,247 27.7%
65 and over 14,981 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.2B; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,003
Establishments: 1,388

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,995 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,022 21.2%
Manufacturing 3,412 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,979 10.5%
Public administration 1,297 6.9%
Professional & business services 1,280 6.8%
Construction 746 3.9%
Financial activities 424 2.2%
Other services 348 1.8%
Information 255 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 172 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $715
Owner-occupied: 19,941
Renter-occupied: 7,034

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,240 votes cast

Republican 28,812 79.5%
Democratic 7,194 19.9%
Other / third-party 234 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,275 5.2%
German 512 0.8%
Chinese 163 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 105 0.2%
Korean 94 0.1%
Other Indo-European 75 0.1%
Vietnamese 70 0.1%
Slavic languages 49 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,975
Family households: 18,374; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 13,704
Single-mother households: 1,637
Veterans: 3,341; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,331 47.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,367 5.1%
Catholic 2,911 4.4%
Black Protestant 1,734 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,036 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.6%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Jefferson, Sparta, Wilkesboro, Yadkinville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 15.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023