Jury Pool Profile
Clay County, North Carolina
Republican +50 (2024)
- Population
- 11,391
- Median household income
- $53,645
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,606 93.1%
- Black or African American alone 204 1.8%
- Asian alone 88 0.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 103 0.9%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 169 1.5%
- Two or more races 221 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 449 3.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 54.5
- Under 18 1,848 16.2%
- 18–24 700 6.1%
- 25–44 1,990 17.5%
- 45–64 3,174 27.9%
- 65 and over 3,679 32.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.6%
- -0.24 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $328.2M
- 0.04% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,931
- Establishments
- 360
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 530 24.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 498 22.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 257 11.8%
- Public administration 240 11.0%
- Construction 219 10.0%
- Professional & business services 155 7.1%
- Financial activities 66 3.0%
- Other services 48 2.2%
- Information 14 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.8%
- Median gross rent
- $791
- Owner-occupied
- 4,024
- Renter-occupied
- 1,017
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,708 votes cast
- Republican 5,761 74.7%
- Democratic 1,899 24.6%
- Other / third-party 48 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 181 1.7%
- Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.2%
- Slavic languages 15 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
- Other 7 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,041
- Family households
- 2,958
- 58.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,596
- Single-mother households
- 83
- Veterans
- 858
- 9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
74.6% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 6,088 54.9%
- Mainline Protestant 1,232 11.1%
- Catholic 954 8.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 84.7%
- With a disability
- 17.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 31.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 43rd Judicial District Superior Court
- Court seats
- Bryson City, Franklin, Hayesville, Murphy, Robbinsville, Sylva, Waynesville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 10.48 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023