Pamlico County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,090 73.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 600 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,992 16.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 73 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 575 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 40 0.3%

• Under 18 1,755 14.2%
• 18–24 632 5.1%
• 25–44 2,529 20.4%
• 45–64 3,688 29.8%
• 65 and over 3,786 30.6%

Median household income

$63,059

90% interval $55,764–$70,354

−$10,996 vs NC · 49th of 100

Below poverty line

17.6%

90% interval 14.3%–20.9%

+5.0 pp vs NC · 25th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$378.0M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$37,986

Establishments

332

• Education & health services 935 23.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 908 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 656 16.1%
• Professional & business services 587 14.4%
• Public administration 381 9.4%
• Construction 191 4.7%
• Manufacturing 171 4.2%
• Other services 89 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 72 1.8%
• Financial activities 70 1.7%
• Information 13 0.3%

Home ownership

82.9%

+16.3 pp vs NC · 5th of 100

Median gross rent

$752

−$476 vs NC · 89th of 100

Owner-occupied

4,522

Renter-occupied

934

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $55,383/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,941/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 5,229 65.7%
• Democratic 2,676 33.6%
• Other / third-party 56 0.7%

• Spanish 357 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 43 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.0%

Households

5,456

Family households

3,301

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

556

16.8% of families

Single-mother families

150

4.5% of families

Veterans

1,246

11.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,813 14.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,707 13.9%
• Black Protestant 1,562 12.7%
• Catholic 200 1.6%

Health insured

91.6%

±2 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±2 pp

85th of 100

With a disability

21.2%

±2.8 pp

9th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

25.4%

±2.8 pp

−10.3 pp vs NC · 42nd of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

4th 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

Bayboro, Beaufort, New Bern

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

28.21 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3