Jury Pool Profile

Durham County, North Carolina

Democratic +62 (2024)

Population: 329,405
Median household income: $79,501
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 149,981 45.5%
Black or African American alone 108,885 33.1%
Asian alone 16,950 5.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,687 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 164 0.0%
Some other race alone 23,406 7.1%
Two or more races 28,332 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50,307 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.8

Under 18 66,350 20.1%
18–24 34,650 10.5%
25–44 106,243 32.3%
45–64 75,923 23.0%
65 and over 46,239 14.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $53.3B; 6.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $98,601
Establishments: 11,695

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 74,729 31.6%
Professional & business services 52,062 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 28,806 12.2%
Manufacturing 23,508 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 17,752 7.5%
Financial activities 13,938 5.9%
Public administration 9,870 4.2%
Construction 6,425 2.7%
Other services 5,287 2.2%
Information 4,236 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 122 0.1%
Unclassified 14 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.0%
Median gross rent: $1,415
Owner-occupied: 76,206
Renter-occupied: 62,296

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 180,189 votes cast

Democratic 144,450 80.2%
Republican 32,853 18.2%
Other / third-party 2,886 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 40,880 13.2%
Other Indo-European 4,626 1.5%
Chinese 4,153 1.3%
Other 3,779 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,457 0.8%
Tagalog 1,436 0.5%
Arabic 1,368 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,266 0.4%
German 1,092 0.4%
Vietnamese 827 0.3%
Korean 624 0.2%
Slavic languages 575 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 138,502
Family households: 77,200; 55.7% of households
Married w/ children: 53,715
Single-mother households: 8,624
Veterans: 13,935; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 66,681 20.5%
Mainline Protestant 25,250 7.8%
Catholic 22,144 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,670 5.7%
Black Protestant 11,723 3.6%
Orthodox 1,415 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.4%
With a disability: 9.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 53.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: Durham

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 14.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023