Jury Pool Profile

Wilson County, North Carolina

Democratic +0 (2024)

Population: 78,648
Median household income: $51,381
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,231 46.1%
Black or African American alone 30,889 39.3%
Asian alone 805 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 176 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 6,436 8.2%
Two or more races 4,111 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,354 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 18,106 23.0%
18–24 6,421 8.2%
25–44 18,956 24.1%
45–64 20,227 25.7%
65 and over 14,938 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.2B; 0.61% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,643
Establishments: 2,155

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,005 19.9%
Manufacturing 6,875 19.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,388 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,526 10.0%
Construction 3,156 9.0%
Professional & business services 2,587 7.4%
Public administration 2,227 6.3%
Financial activities 1,862 5.3%
Other services 774 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 536 1.5%
Information 179 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.1%
Median gross rent: $915
Owner-occupied: 19,417
Renter-occupied: 13,443

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 39,978 votes cast

Democratic 19,909 49.8%
Republican 19,750 49.4%
Other / third-party 319 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,504 10.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 343 0.5%
Arabic 221 0.3%
Vietnamese 157 0.2%
Other 111 0.1%
German 61 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.0%
Chinese 27 0.0%
Slavic languages 24 0.0%
Other Indo-European 20 0.0%
Tagalog 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,860
Family households: 20,531; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 14,150
Single-mother households: 2,190
Veterans: 3,821; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,878 25.2%
Mainline Protestant 9,005 11.4%
Catholic 4,295 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,267 2.9%
Black Protestant 1,572 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.2%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Nashville, Tarboro, Wilson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 29.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023