Jury Pool Profile

Onslow County, North Carolina

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 208,537
Median household income: $64,568
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 144,394 69.2%
Black or African American alone 26,157 12.5%
Asian alone 3,809 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,629 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 248 0.1%
Some other race alone 5,509 2.6%
Two or more races 26,791 12.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28,739 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 27.1

Under 18 50,771 24.3%
18–24 44,700 21.4%
25–44 59,947 28.7%
45–64 32,812 15.7%
65 and over 20,307 9.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.5B; 1.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,885
Establishments: 4,377

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 12,609 23.3%
Education & health services 12,519 23.1%
Leisure & hospitality 9,651 17.8%
Professional & business services 6,828 12.6%
Public administration 5,004 9.2%
Construction 3,052 5.6%
Financial activities 1,719 3.2%
Other services 1,405 2.6%
Manufacturing 939 1.7%
Information 258 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 136 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.0%
Median gross rent: $1,198
Owner-occupied: 44,208
Renter-occupied: 28,308

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 81,476 votes cast

Republican 54,960 67.5%
Democratic 25,684 31.5%
Other / third-party 832 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 14,157 7.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 956 0.5%
German 815 0.4%
Other Indo-European 799 0.4%
Tagalog 668 0.3%
Other 506 0.3%
Chinese 499 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 467 0.2%
Korean 281 0.1%
Slavic languages 273 0.1%
Arabic 204 0.1%
Vietnamese 155 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 72,516
Family households: 51,712; 71.3% of households
Married w/ children: 40,858
Single-mother households: 4,802
Veterans: 25,681; 21.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 39,535 19.3%
Catholic 14,758 7.2%
Mainline Protestant 8,344 4.1%
Black Protestant 4,926 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,326 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Clinton, Jacksonville, Kenansville, Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 15.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023