Jury Pool Profile

Carteret County, North Carolina

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 68,652
Median household income: $70,235
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,550 86.7%
Black or African American alone 2,998 4.4%
Asian alone 603 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 188 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,427 2.1%
Two or more races 3,871 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,230 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.1

Under 18 11,707 17.1%
18–24 4,356 6.3%
25–44 14,354 20.9%
45–64 20,184 29.4%
65 and over 18,051 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,708
Establishments: 2,721

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 5,524 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,264 21.0%
Education & health services 5,087 20.3%
Professional & business services 2,201 8.8%
Public administration 2,122 8.5%
Construction 1,627 6.5%
Financial activities 1,140 4.6%
Other services 930 3.7%
Manufacturing 883 3.5%
Information 160 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 79 0.3%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $1,062
Owner-occupied: 22,932
Renter-occupied: 8,266

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,693 votes cast

Republican 32,508 71.1%
Democratic 12,813 28.0%
Other / third-party 372 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,376 3.6%
German 402 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 305 0.5%
Vietnamese 130 0.2%
Other Indo-European 126 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 106 0.2%
Chinese 90 0.1%
Other 61 0.1%
Tagalog 52 0.1%
Slavic languages 45 0.1%
Arabic 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 31,198
Family households: 19,896; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 16,465
Single-mother households: 1,010
Veterans: 6,741; 12% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,111 14.9%
Mainline Protestant 8,115 12.0%
Catholic 3,232 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,638 2.4%
Black Protestant 1,326 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.7%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Bayboro, Beaufort, New Bern

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 17.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023