Jury Pool Profile

Chowan County, North Carolina

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 13,814
Median household income: $56,982
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,319 60.2%
Black or African American alone 4,593 33.2%
Asian alone 10 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 376 2.7%
Two or more races 502 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 534 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.9

Under 18 2,695 19.5%
18–24 622 4.5%
25–44 3,167 22.9%
45–64 3,560 25.8%
65 and over 3,770 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $723.0M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,249
Establishments: 433

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,330 26.2%
Education & health services 1,233 24.3%
Manufacturing 574 11.3%
Leisure & hospitality 467 9.2%
Public administration 410 8.1%
Professional & business services 345 6.8%
Construction 184 3.6%
Other services 172 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 144 2.8%
Financial activities 141 2.8%
Information 70 1.4%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $766
Owner-occupied: 4,173
Renter-occupied: 1,816

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,533 votes cast

Republican 4,587 60.9%
Democratic 2,895 38.4%
Other / third-party 51 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 401 3.0%
Other Indo-European 69 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.3%
German 16 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,989
Family households: 4,069; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,912
Single-mother households: 444
Veterans: 1,070; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

106.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 8.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023