Jury Pool Profile

Hertford County, North Carolina

Democratic +27 (2024)

Population: 20,492
Median household income: $47,472
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,206 35.2%
Black or African American alone 11,636 56.8%
Asian alone 212 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 401 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 395 1.9%
Two or more races 620 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,328 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 3,878 18.9%
18–24 2,354 11.5%
25–44 4,634 22.6%
45–64 5,260 25.7%
65 and over 4,366 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,251
Establishments: 493

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,110 36.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,238 25.9%
Manufacturing 953 11.0%
Leisure & hospitality 677 7.8%
Public administration 553 6.4%
Construction 318 3.7%
Financial activities 207 2.4%
Other services 184 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 174 2.0%
Professional & business services 168 1.9%
Information 35 0.4%
Unclassified 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.4%
Median gross rent: $806
Owner-occupied: 5,529
Renter-occupied: 2,800

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,819 votes cast

Democratic 6,191 63.1%
Republican 3,561 36.3%
Other / third-party 67 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 881 4.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 104 0.5%
Other Indo-European 38 0.2%
Other 20 0.1%
Arabic 17 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
Korean 9 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
German 5 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,329
Family households: 5,158; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,339
Single-mother households: 759
Veterans: 1,389; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,115 42.3%
Black Protestant 2,074 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 632 2.9%
Catholic 396 1.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 174 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Halifax, Jackson, Windsor, Winton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 18.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023