Jury Pool Profile
Macon County, North Carolina
Republican +38 (2024)
- Population
- 37,533
- Median household income
- $53,298
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 33,271 88.6%
- Black or African American alone 446 1.2%
- Asian alone 348 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 108 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,840 4.9%
- Two or more races 1,520 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,634 9.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 50.1
- Under 18 6,777 18.1%
- 18–24 2,542 6.8%
- 25–44 7,386 19.7%
- 45–64 9,996 26.6%
- 65 and over 10,832 28.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.6%
- -0.24 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $2.1B
- 0.25% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,461
- Establishments
- 1,457
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,642 21.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,398 19.4%
- Education & health services 2,254 18.3%
- Professional & business services 1,457 11.8%
- Construction 1,064 8.6%
- Public administration 917 7.4%
- Other services 520 4.2%
- Financial activities 510 4.1%
- Manufacturing 399 3.2%
- Information 122 1.0%
- Natural resources & mining 49 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.3%
- Median gross rent
- $791
- Owner-occupied
- 13,811
- Renter-occupied
- 4,279
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 21,846 votes cast
- Republican 14,981 68.6%
- Democratic 6,675 30.6%
- Other / third-party 190 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,556 7.1%
- Slavic languages 127 0.4%
- German 110 0.3%
- Chinese 104 0.3%
- Vietnamese 58 0.2%
- Other 29 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 18,090
- Family households
- 11,238
- 62.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 9,014
- Single-mother households
- 795
- Veterans
- 2,994
- 9.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
55.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 13,906 37.6%
- Mainline Protestant 3,553 9.6%
- Catholic 2,126 5.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 867 2.3%
- Black Protestant 150 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 85.6%
- With a disability
- 16.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 43rd Judicial District Superior Court
- Court seats
- Bryson City, Franklin, Hayesville, Murphy, Robbinsville, Sylva, Waynesville
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 13.01 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023