Jury Pool Profile

Mitchell County, North Carolina

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 14,973
Median household income: $58,089
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,794 92.1%
Black or African American alone 118 0.8%
Asian alone 63 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 370 2.5%
Two or more races 575 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 790 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48

Under 18 2,678 17.9%
18–24 1,120 7.5%
25–44 3,192 21.3%
45–64 4,171 27.9%
65 and over 3,812 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $681.3M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,859
Establishments: 447

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,491 29.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,202 23.6%
Leisure & hospitality 401 7.9%
Public administration 326 6.4%
Other services 305 6.0%
Professional & business services 280 5.5%
Construction 223 4.4%
Information 5 0.1%
Financial activities 3 0.1%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $744
Owner-occupied: 4,973
Renter-occupied: 1,438

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,821 votes cast

Republican 6,843 77.6%
Democratic 1,915 21.7%
Other / third-party 63 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 410 2.9%
German 68 0.5%
Other Indo-European 50 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.2%
Tagalog 26 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 13 0.1%
Other 7 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,411
Family households: 4,077; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,234
Single-mother households: 336
Veterans: 969; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,035 60.6%
Mainline Protestant 845 5.7%
Black Protestant 700 4.7%
Catholic 662 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 20.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th 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: Bakersville, Boone, Burnsville, Marshall, Newland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 16.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023