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Jury Pool Profile

Dare County, North Carolina

Republican +19 (2024)
Population
37,534
Median household income
$81,214
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 32,757 87.3%
  • Black or African American alone 1,052 2.8%
  • Asian alone 197 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 87 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 1,399 3.7%
  • Two or more races 2,020 5.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,665 7.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.5

  • Under 18 6,802 18.1%
  • 18–24 2,229 5.9%
  • 25–44 7,898 21.0%
  • 45–64 11,497 30.6%
  • 65 and over 9,108 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
+0.8 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.1B
0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay
$46,480
Establishments
2,329

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 5,520 27.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4,398 21.6%
  • Financial activities 2,238 11.0%
  • Education & health services 1,953 9.6%
  • Public administration 1,848 9.1%
  • Professional & business services 1,779 8.7%
  • Construction 1,245 6.1%
  • Manufacturing 681 3.3%
  • Other services 550 2.7%
  • Information 128 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 17 0.1%
  • Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
77.8%
Median gross rent
$1,307
Owner-occupied
12,821
Renter-occupied
3,662

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,115 votes cast

  • Republican 14,792 58.9%
  • Democratic 10,074 40.1%
  • Other / third-party 249 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,222 6.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 207 0.6%
  • Other Indo-European 156 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 85 0.2%
  • Chinese 85 0.2%
  • Tagalog 77 0.2%
  • German 74 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 11 0.0%
  • Korean 10 0.0%
  • Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
16,483
Family households
10,859
65.9% of households
Married w/ children
8,228
Single-mother households
1,058
Veterans
2,732
8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 6,715 18.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,322 17.1%
  • Catholic 4,909 13.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 714 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.1%
With a disability
10.6%
Bachelor's or higher
42.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
6
19.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Dare County, North Carolina to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.