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Jury Pool Profile

Camden County, North Carolina

Republican +50.8 (2024)
County seat
Camden
Judicial district
1st Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
11,315
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,927.

At a glance

Camden County is an 11,315-person venue. The county population is 78% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $89,509, $15,454 above the NC state median of $74,055; 28.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 23.7% of covered employment, average pay $56,523/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.0%, below the 3.75% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 75% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,927
Median household income
$91,078
Unemployment
3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 78% / 9%.

Camden County has a population of 10,927, with a median age of 40.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 78.1%; Black residents 9.4%. Independently, 4.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,509; 28.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 8,536 78.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 460 4.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,031 9.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 127 1.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 611 5.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 142 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

  • Under 18 2,528 23.1%
  • 18–24 843 7.7%
  • 25–44 2,707 24.8%
  • 45–64 3,050 27.9%
  • 65 and over 1,799 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$89,509
90% interval $79,169–$99,849
+$15,454 vs NC · 6th of 100
Below poverty line
7.5%
90% interval 5.7%–9.3%
−5.1 pp vs NC · 100th of 100

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 23.7% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 15.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.0%, below the North Carolina state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.0%
−0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP
$226.1M
0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,641
Establishments
209

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 284 23.7%
  • Public administration 189 15.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 183 15.3%
  • Professional & business services 119 9.9%

The sectors listed cover 64.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.1%
+15.5 pp vs NC · 8th of 100
Median gross rent
$1,232
+$4 vs NC · 15th of 100
Owner-occupied
3,293
Renter-occupied
718

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 1.4× the lowest ($66,963 vs $49,301/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 5.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Camden County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.0% in 2024, 72.4% in 2020, 71.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,292 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.4%25.6%
202072.4%25.8%
202475.0%24.2%
  • Republican 4,716 75.0%
  • Democratic 1,522 24.2%
  • Other / third-party 54 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 14.9% of the adult civilian population (1,233 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 68 0.7%
  • Vietnamese 52 0.5%
  • Chinese 50 0.5%
  • Arabic 42 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,011
Family households
3,019
75.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,066
35.3% of families
Single-mother families
158
5.2% of families
Veterans
1,233
14.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

  • Black Protestant 1,704 16.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,659 16.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 683 6.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.5%
±1.8 pp
Uninsured
4.5%
±1.8 pp
100th of 100
With a disability
12.9%
±3.2 pp
85th of 100
Bachelor's or higher
28.6%
±5.4 pp
−7.1 pp vs NC · 30th of 100
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.8%
90% interval 6.9%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
1st 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
Camden, Currituck, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Gatesville, Hertford, Manteo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Camden totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Camden County, North Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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