Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, North Carolina

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 29,197
Median household income: $51,496
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,633 91.2%
Black or African American alone 449 1.5%
Asian alone 156 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 470 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 258 0.9%
Two or more races 1,226 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,019 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 53.3

Under 18 4,699 16.1%
18–24 1,719 5.9%
25–44 5,241 18.0%
45–64 8,410 28.8%
65 and over 9,128 31.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,626
Establishments: 929

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,095 26.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,755 22.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,067 13.4%
Manufacturing 667 8.4%
Public administration 648 8.1%
Professional & business services 638 8.0%
Construction 444 5.6%
Financial activities 274 3.4%
Other services 231 2.9%
Information 108 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 48 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.6%
Median gross rent: $800
Owner-occupied: 10,905
Renter-occupied: 2,137

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,748 votes cast

Republican 13,883 78.2%
Democratic 3,686 20.8%
Other / third-party 179 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 572 2.0%
Other Indo-European 118 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
German 27 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%
Other 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,042
Family households: 8,422; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 6,710
Single-mother households: 495
Veterans: 2,753; 11.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,385 29.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,886 6.6%
Catholic 1,625 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 577 2.0%
Black Protestant 226 0.8%
Orthodox 62 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.2%
With a disability: 17.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 43rd Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: Bryson City, Franklin, Hayesville, Murphy, Robbinsville, Sylva, Waynesville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023