Perquimans County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,314 70.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 424 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,820 21.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 55 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 625 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%

• Under 18 2,441 18.4%
• 18–24 854 6.4%
• 25–44 2,486 18.8%
• 45–64 3,629 27.4%
• 65 and over 3,834 28.9%

Median household income

$71,446

90% interval $64,599–$78,293

−$2,609 vs NC · 28th of 100

Below poverty line

13.8%

90% interval 10.4%–17.2%

+1.2 pp vs NC · 57th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$391.6M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,996

Establishments

269

• Trade, transportation & utilities 536 23.7%
• Education & health services 458 20.2%
• Public administration 371 16.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 343 15.2%
• Professional & business services 163 7.2%
• Construction 105 4.6%
• Natural resources & mining 102 4.5%
• Manufacturing 66 2.9%
• Other services 59 2.6%
• Financial activities 45 2.0%
• Information 13 0.6%

Home ownership

76.5%

+9.9 pp vs NC · 29th of 100

Median gross rent

$1,008

−$220 vs NC · 40th of 100

Owner-occupied

4,297

Renter-occupied

1,317

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($65,730 vs $38,677/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 360 2.8%
• German or other West Germanic 43 0.3%
• Chinese 29 0.2%
• Arabic 14 0.1%
• Korean 4 0.0%

Households

5,614

Family households

3,954

70.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

620

15.7% of families

Single-mother families

251

6.3% of families

Veterans

1,301

12.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

90.3%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

9.7%

±1.9 pp

56th of 100

With a disability

20.6%

±2.7 pp

13th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

21.7%

±3.3 pp

−14.0 pp vs NC · 56th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.2%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

27.77 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3