Jury Pool Profile

Tyrrell County, North Carolina

Republican +21.5 (2024)

County seat: Columbia
Judicial district: 2nd Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 3,537; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,423.

At a glance

Tyrrell County is a 3,537-person venue. The county population is 57% White and 33% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $49,846, $24,209 below the NC state median of $74,055; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Public administration, at 21.2% of covered employment, average pay $53,303/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.14%, above the 3.75% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 60% of the vote across the three.

Population: 3,423
Median household income: $41,685
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 33%.

Tyrrell County has a population of 3,423, with a median age of 47.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.3%; Black residents 32.8%. Independently, 7.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $49,846; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 1,953 57.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 263 7.7%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,117 32.6%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 74 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 553 16.2%
18–24 130 3.8%
25–44 860 25.1%
45–64 825 24.1%
65 and over 1,055 30.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $49,846; 90% interval $43,852–$55,840; −$24,209 vs NC · 94th of 100
Below poverty line: 19.5%; 90% interval 14.6%–24.4%; +6.9 pp vs NC · 18th of 100

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and government

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 220, Public administration about 210.

Public administration is the largest published sector at 21.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.14%, above the North Carolina state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +1.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $125.7M; 0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,206
Establishments: 104

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 206 21.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 180 18.5%
Education & health services 117 12.0%
Information 6 0.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 52.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%; +11.2 pp vs NC · 22nd of 100
Median gross rent: $644; −$584 vs NC · 100th of 100
Owner-occupied: 1,204
Renter-occupied: 343

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Diversified

Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.
Compressed wage spread

Highest-paid sector pays only 2.1× the lowest ($53,303 vs $25,865/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 9.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Tyrrell County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.3% in 2024, 57.5% in 2020, 56.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,752 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 1,057 60.3%
Democratic 680 38.8%
Other / third-party 15 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.6% of the adult civilian population (248 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 244 7.4%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 18 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 1,547
Family households: 1,084; 70.1% of households
Married couples w/ children: 311; 28.7% of families
Single-mother families: 117; 10.8% of families
Veterans: 248; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 965 29.7%
Mainline Protestant 268 8.3%
Black Protestant 152 4.7%
Catholic 104 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.1%; ±4.2 pp
Uninsured: 13.9%; ±4.2 pp; 9th of 100
With a disability: 23.2%; ±5.8 pp; 4th of 100
Bachelor's or higher: 13.0%; ±4.2 pp; −22.7 pp vs NC · 97th of 100
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 13.8%; 90% interval 12.1%–15.5% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Columbia, Plymouth, Swan Quarter, Washington, Williamston

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Tyrrell totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 4; 139.37 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	56.9%	41.5%
2020	57.5%	41.7%
2024	60.3%	38.8%