Beaufort County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,481 66.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,513 7.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,131 22.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 93 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,131 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 45 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 30 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 75 0.2%

• Under 18 8,515 19.1%
• 18–24 3,216 7.2%
• 25–44 9,221 20.7%
• 45–64 12,135 27.3%
• 65 and over 11,412 25.6%

Median household income

$58,625

90% interval $53,716–$63,534

−$15,430 vs NC · 64th of 100

Below poverty line

16.1%

90% interval 12.7%–19.5%

+3.5 pp vs NC · 36th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,445

Establishments

1,313

• Education & health services 3,522 21.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,441 21.2%
• Manufacturing 2,540 15.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,622 10.0%
• Construction 1,316 8.1%
• Professional & business services 1,242 7.6%
• Public administration 1,185 7.3%
• Financial activities 475 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 466 2.9%
• Other services 391 2.4%
• Information 56 0.3%

Home ownership

69.5%

+2.9 pp vs NC · 65th of 100

Median gross rent

$871

−$357 vs NC · 54th of 100

Owner-occupied

13,478

Renter-occupied

5,907

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,386/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,772/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 2,268 5.4%
• Vietnamese 119 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 57 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 42 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 35 0.1%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

19,385

Family households

13,263

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,288

17.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,445

10.9% of families

Veterans

3,361

9.3% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.1 pp

73rd of 100

With a disability

17.1%

±1.2 pp

49th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±1.8 pp

−14.5 pp vs NC · 62nd of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.2%

90% interval 10.1%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd 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

Columbia, Plymouth, Swan Quarter, Washington, Williamston

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

30.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10