Jury Pool Profile

Craven County, North Carolina

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 101,074
Median household income: $64,635
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,095 67.4%
Black or African American alone 20,493 20.3%
Asian alone 2,772 2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 348 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 180 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,294 2.3%
Two or more races 6,892 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,523 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 21,898 21.7%
18–24 10,415 10.3%
25–44 24,244 24.0%
45–64 23,842 23.6%
65 and over 20,675 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.9B; 0.82% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,634
Establishments: 2,740

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,921 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,825 19.1%
Public administration 7,030 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 4,760 11.6%
Professional & business services 3,952 9.7%
Manufacturing 3,682 9.0%
Construction 1,419 3.5%
Financial activities 999 2.4%
Other services 847 2.1%
Information 238 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 214 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $1,100
Owner-occupied: 29,008
Renter-occupied: 12,464

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 56,028 votes cast

Republican 33,477 59.8%
Democratic 22,011 39.3%
Other / third-party 540 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,802 5.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 983 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 380 0.4%
Korean 330 0.3%
German 271 0.3%
Tagalog 262 0.3%
Slavic languages 221 0.2%
Other Indo-European 179 0.2%
Vietnamese 123 0.1%
Arabic 64 0.1%
Chinese 54 0.1%
Other 47 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 41,472
Family households: 27,098; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 20,362
Single-mother households: 2,430
Veterans: 10,912; 14.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,148 20.0%
Mainline Protestant 10,820 10.7%
Catholic 9,960 9.9%
Black Protestant 8,646 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,028 3.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.0%

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: 8; 10.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023