Jury Pool Profile

Perquimans County, North Carolina

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 13,146
Median household income: $61,224
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,243 70.3%
Black or African American alone 2,861 21.8%
Asian alone 106 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 309 2.4%
Two or more races 620 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 391 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.5

Under 18 2,469 18.8%
18–24 915 7.0%
25–44 2,365 18.0%
45–64 3,665 27.9%
65 and over 3,732 28.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $391.6M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,891
Establishments: 278

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 605 25.1%
Education & health services 535 22.2%
Public administration 356 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 339 14.1%
Professional & business services 193 8.0%
Natural resources & mining 105 4.4%
Construction 99 4.1%
Other services 61 2.5%
Manufacturing 59 2.4%
Information 5 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $1,061
Owner-occupied: 4,058
Renter-occupied: 1,522

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,640 votes cast

Republican 5,278 69.1%
Democratic 2,269 29.7%
Other / third-party 93 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 391 3.1%
Other 51 0.4%
German 44 0.4%
Chinese 44 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.2%
Arabic 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Korean 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,580
Family households: 3,748; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,788
Single-mother households: 319
Veterans: 1,186; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,548 19.6%
Black Protestant 1,696 13.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,245 9.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 164 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 23.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Camden, Currituck, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Gatesville, Hertford, Manteo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023