Jury Pool Profile

Martin County, North Carolina

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 21,773
Median household income: $46,793
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,239 51.6%
Black or African American alone 8,934 41.0%
Asian alone 124 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 299 1.4%
Two or more races 1,138 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 939 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.7

Under 18 4,422 20.3%
18–24 1,469 6.7%
25–44 4,706 21.6%
45–64 5,732 26.3%
65 and over 5,444 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $808.0M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,562
Establishments: 494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,520 24.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,300 21.1%
Manufacturing 805 13.1%
Leisure & hospitality 774 12.6%
Public administration 651 10.6%
Professional & business services 269 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 268 4.4%
Construction 219 3.6%
Financial activities 170 2.8%
Information 12 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $729
Owner-occupied: 6,411
Renter-occupied: 2,950

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,028 votes cast

Republican 6,601 54.9%
Democratic 5,360 44.6%
Other / third-party 67 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 675 3.3%
Chinese 68 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
German 3 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,361
Family households: 5,819; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,724
Single-mother households: 677
Veterans: 1,209; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,942 27.0%
Black Protestant 888 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 782 3.5%
Catholic 350 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 282 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Columbia, Plymouth, Swan Quarter, Washington, Williamston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 23.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023