Chowan County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,353 60.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 554 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,484 32.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 417 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%

• Under 18 2,652 19.2%
• 18–24 747 5.4%
• 25–44 3,022 21.8%
• 45–64 3,809 27.5%
• 65 and over 3,606 26.1%

Median household income

$57,780

90% interval $51,276–$64,284

−$16,275 vs NC · 67th of 100

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 12.2%–19.6%

+3.3 pp vs NC · 38th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$723.0M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,286

Establishments

425

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,337 26.4%
• Education & health services 1,249 24.7%
• Manufacturing 596 11.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 455 9.0%
• Public administration 414 8.2%
• Professional & business services 334 6.6%
• Other services 190 3.8%
• Construction 164 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 151 3.0%
• Information 5 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 96.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.5%

+3.9 pp vs NC · 63rd of 100

Median gross rent

$681

−$547 vs NC · 97th of 100

Owner-occupied

4,326

Renter-occupied

1,808

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Professional & business services, $73,615/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,241/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 4,587 60.9%
• Democratic 2,895 38.4%
• Other / third-party 51 0.7%

• Spanish 470 3.6%
• German or other West Germanic 47 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%

Households

6,134

Family households

4,159

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

786

18.9% of families

Single-mother families

546

13.1% of families

Veterans

1,177

10.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,473 76.4%
• Catholic 1,307 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 1,217 8.9%
• Black Protestant 1,172 8.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 437 3.2%
• Orthodox 8 0.1%

Health insured

91.8%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

8.2%

±2.1 pp

86th of 100

With a disability

16.2%

±2.3 pp

58th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

25.0%

±4 pp

−10.7 pp vs NC · 46th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.6%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0