Jury Pool Profile

Haywood County, North Carolina

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 62,432
Median household income: $61,001
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,353 91.9%
Black or African American alone 624 1.0%
Asian alone 255 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 361 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 568 0.9%
Two or more races 3,271 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,953 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 11,135 17.8%
18–24 4,038 6.5%
25–44 14,087 22.6%
45–64 17,345 27.8%
65 and over 15,827 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,227
Establishments: 1,983

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,890 22.2%
Education & health services 3,715 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,070 17.5%
Professional & business services 1,644 9.4%
Manufacturing 1,429 8.2%
Public administration 1,272 7.3%
Construction 1,037 5.9%
Financial activities 680 3.9%
Other services 538 3.1%
Information 130 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 90 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $1,052
Owner-occupied: 20,083
Renter-occupied: 6,689

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,724 votes cast

Republican 23,393 62.0%
Democratic 13,913 36.9%
Other / third-party 418 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,461 2.4%
Other Indo-European 106 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 93 0.2%
Vietnamese 75 0.1%
German 61 0.1%
Other 44 0.1%
Korean 21 0.0%
Chinese 14 0.0%
Slavic languages 11 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,772
Family households: 17,144; 64.0% of households
Married w/ children: 13,353
Single-mother households: 1,494
Veterans: 4,951; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 25,366 40.9%
Mainline Protestant 8,500 13.7%
Catholic 2,674 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,018 1.6%
Black Protestant 492 0.8%
Orthodox 30 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 43rd Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: Bryson City, Franklin, Hayesville, Murphy, Robbinsville, Sylva, Waynesville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 25.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023