Jury Pool Profile

Beaufort County, North Carolina

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 44,597
Median household income: $57,997
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,698 68.8%
Black or African American alone 10,181 22.8%
Asian alone 135 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 974 2.2%
Two or more races 2,561 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,482 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 8,649 19.4%
18–24 3,134 7.0%
25–44 9,361 21.0%
45–64 12,323 27.6%
65 and over 11,130 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,313
Establishments: 1,350

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,550 22.4%
Education & health services 3,195 20.2%
Manufacturing 2,235 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,603 10.1%
Professional & business services 1,479 9.3%
Public administration 1,153 7.3%
Construction 1,061 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 640 4.0%
Financial activities 477 3.0%
Other services 405 2.6%
Information 49 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.1%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 13,391
Renter-occupied: 5,712

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,521 votes cast

Republican 17,296 65.2%
Democratic 9,049 34.1%
Other / third-party 176 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,367 5.6%
Vietnamese 155 0.4%
German 74 0.2%
Other Indo-European 55 0.1%
Slavic languages 34 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.1%
Chinese 6 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,103
Family households: 12,885; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 9,402
Single-mother households: 1,397
Veterans: 3,291; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,407 30.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,799 10.7%
Black Protestant 2,887 6.5%
Catholic 2,032 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,006 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.5%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Columbia, Plymouth, Swan Quarter, Washington, Williamston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 13.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023