Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, North Carolina

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 43,089
Median household income: $53,479
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,250 79.5%
Black or African American alone 1,021 2.4%
Asian alone 508 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,119 7.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,194 2.8%
Two or more races 2,994 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,310 7.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 7,186 16.7%
18–24 7,883 18.3%
25–44 9,321 21.6%
45–64 9,900 23.0%
65 and over 8,799 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,540
Establishments: 1,271

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,038 34.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,286 22.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,281 15.8%
Professional & business services 952 6.6%
Public administration 894 6.2%
Construction 796 5.5%
Other services 405 2.8%
Financial activities 368 2.5%
Manufacturing 289 2.0%
Information 104 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 64 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.6%
Median gross rent: $855
Owner-occupied: 11,370
Renter-occupied: 6,794

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,864 votes cast

Republican 11,796 54.0%
Democratic 9,746 44.6%
Other / third-party 322 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,213 5.3%
Other 711 1.7%
Other Indo-European 252 0.6%
Slavic languages 129 0.3%
Chinese 101 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 83 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 74 0.2%
Arabic 25 0.1%
German 17 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,164
Family households: 10,097; 55.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,464
Single-mother households: 990
Veterans: 3,049; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,551 26.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,651 6.1%
Catholic 2,504 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 893 2.1%
Black Protestant 192 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.8%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.0%

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: 5; 13.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023