Jury Pool Profile

Gates County, North Carolina

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 10,437
Median household income: $61,612
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,624 63.5%
Black or African American alone 3,254 31.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 47 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 68 0.7%
Two or more races 444 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 219 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.7

Under 18 2,035 19.5%
18–24 848 8.1%
25–44 2,022 19.4%
45–64 3,236 31.0%
65 and over 2,296 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $240.0M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,429
Establishments: 204

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 432 30.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 244 17.3%
Public administration 164 11.6%
Natural resources & mining 160 11.4%
Professional & business services 60 4.3%
Other services 57 4.0%
Information 3 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $940
Owner-occupied: 3,472
Renter-occupied: 747

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,860 votes cast

Republican 3,538 60.4%
Democratic 2,268 38.7%
Other / third-party 54 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 284 2.8%
German 61 0.6%
Chinese 25 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.2%
Other 17 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,219
Family households: 2,622; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,163
Single-mother households: 123
Veterans: 965; 11.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,030 38.5%
Black Protestant 546 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 487 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.8%

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: 3; 35.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023