Jury Pool Profile

Bertie County, North Carolina

Democratic +16 (2024)

Population: 17,482
Median household income: $45,931
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,063 34.7%
Black or African American alone 10,498 60.1%
Asian alone 136 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 88 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 206 1.2%
Two or more races 490 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 379 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.9

Under 18 2,863 16.4%
18–24 1,351 7.7%
25–44 4,280 24.5%
45–64 4,743 27.1%
65 and over 4,245 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $797.9M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,841
Establishments: 343

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 993 19.2%
Public administration 653 12.6%
Professional & business services 440 8.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 434 8.4%
Natural resources & mining 272 5.3%
Leisure & hospitality 196 3.8%
Other services 48 0.9%
Information 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $824
Owner-occupied: 5,232
Renter-occupied: 1,792

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,170 votes cast

Democratic 5,279 57.6%
Republican 3,840 41.9%
Other / third-party 51 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 337 2.0%
Korean 62 0.4%
Chinese 53 0.3%
Arabic 38 0.2%
German 29 0.2%
Other 25 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 15 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,024
Family households: 4,422; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,939
Single-mother households: 495
Veterans: 1,089; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,350 29.8%
Black Protestant 2,520 14.1%
Mainline Protestant 533 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 214 1.2%
Catholic 81 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 24.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Halifax, Jackson, Windsor, Winton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 54.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023