Jury Pool Profile

New Hanover County, North Carolina

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 231,214
Median household income: $72,892
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 178,985 77.4%
Black or African American alone 26,060 11.3%
Asian alone 3,204 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 487 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 38 0.0%
Some other race alone 8,813 3.8%
Two or more races 13,627 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,675 7.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 42,172 18.2%
18–24 27,916 12.1%
25–44 59,346 25.7%
45–64 58,540 25.3%
65 and over 43,240 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $21.0B; 2.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,611
Establishments: 11,216

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 31,662 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 24,671 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 19,811 15.2%
Professional & business services 18,695 14.3%
Construction 9,886 7.6%
Financial activities 6,818 5.2%
Manufacturing 6,089 4.7%
Public administration 5,643 4.3%
Other services 4,574 3.5%
Information 2,446 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 152 0.1%
Unclassified 16 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.7%
Median gross rent: $1,343
Owner-occupied: 62,143
Renter-occupied: 40,233

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 138,243 votes cast

Democratic 68,814 49.8%
Republican 67,949 49.2%
Other / third-party 1,480 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,040 5.5%
Other Indo-European 1,903 0.9%
Korean 906 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 696 0.3%
Chinese 612 0.3%
Arabic 588 0.3%
German 575 0.3%
Slavic languages 497 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 401 0.2%
Other 302 0.1%
Tagalog 246 0.1%
Vietnamese 176 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 102,376
Family households: 56,950; 55.6% of households
Married w/ children: 44,385
Single-mother households: 4,888
Veterans: 13,033; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 41,424 18.4%
Catholic 32,119 14.2%
Mainline Protestant 23,078 10.2%
Black Protestant 10,095 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,500 3.3%
Orthodox 800 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.4%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Burgaw, Wilmington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 10.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023