Every year, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts releases an annual report detailing its budget, programs and highlights from the previous year. The 2018-19 annual report was released this week. Below are some of the featured numbers:
$553.2 million – Total judicial branch budget for FY 18-19
91.8% – Amount that goes toward salaries and benefits, including 28.8% to election judicial officials, magistrates and appointed officials
8.2% – Amount for judicial branch operations, with 87% of that to local court operations
<1% – Amount collected by the courts in fines, fees, forfeitures, restitution and civil judgements that stays with the court system
140 – Number of appeals the North Carolina Supreme Court docketed
92 – Appeals the Supreme Court disposed of
7 – Number of Supreme Court justices
2,062 – Appeals/petitions filed in the North Carolina Court of Appeals
2,133 – Appeals/petitions disposed of by the Court of Appeals
15 – Number of Court of Appeals judges
248,126 – Total cases filed in Superior Courts across the state
290,806 – Cases disposed of by Superior Courts
107 — Number of Superior Court judges
2,253,949 – Total cases filed in District Courts across the state
3,474,315 –Cases disposed by District Courts
273 – Number of District Court judges
672 – Of magistrates in North Carolina
5,551 — District Court cases settled in mediation
10,025 — Child custody cases mediated
43 – Number of district attorneys in FY 18-19
17 – Of public defenders
545 – Number of elected officials in the judicial system in FY 18-19
6,421 – Public servants in the judicial system
1 in 4 – County residents that visit a judicial clerk’s office annually
71% – Percentage of families that experience at least one civil legal problem in a given year
8,000 to 1 – Ratio of North Carolinians eligible for civil legal services to legal aid attorneys
2,500 – Cases reviewed by the Innocence Inquiry Commission
*The full report containing this information can be viewed online.
