Jury Pool Profile

Ashe County, North Carolina

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 26,831
Median household income: $50,827
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,215 94.0%
Black or African American alone 289 1.1%
Asian alone 100 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 115 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 175 0.7%
Two or more races 937 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,569 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.8

Under 18 4,552 17.0%
18–24 1,653 6.2%
25–44 5,679 21.2%
45–64 7,711 28.7%
65 and over 7,236 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,252
Establishments: 772

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,804 24.1%
Education & health services 1,634 21.8%
Manufacturing 838 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 806 10.8%
Construction 801 10.7%
Professional & business services 563 7.5%
Public administration 463 6.2%
Financial activities 201 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 136 1.8%
Information 19 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 9,405
Renter-occupied: 2,594

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,187 votes cast

Republican 11,629 71.8%
Democratic 4,431 27.4%
Other / third-party 127 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,211 4.7%
Vietnamese 72 0.3%
Other Indo-European 44 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,999
Family households: 8,058; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,406
Single-mother households: 597
Veterans: 1,447; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,344 31.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,143 8.1%
Catholic 1,465 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 129 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

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: 7; 31.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023