Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, North Carolina

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 10,905
Median household income: $41,750
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,082 46.6%
Black or African American alone 5,411 49.6%
Asian alone 11 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 23 0.2%
Two or more races 373 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 426 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.3

Under 18 2,018 18.5%
18–24 937 8.6%
25–44 1,976 18.1%
45–64 2,990 27.4%
65 and over 2,984 27.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP: $355.7M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,932
Establishments: 282

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 786 25.4%
Manufacturing 666 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 468 15.1%
Public administration 384 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 311 10.0%
Natural resources & mining 179 5.8%
Professional & business services 135 4.4%
Financial activities 74 2.4%
Other services 45 1.5%
Construction 34 1.1%
Information 16 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $829
Owner-occupied: 3,320
Renter-occupied: 1,512

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,939 votes cast

Democratic 3,138 52.8%
Republican 2,768 46.6%
Other / third-party 33 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 58 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,832
Family households: 2,685; 55.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,650
Single-mother households: 500
Veterans: 789; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,089 37.2%
Black Protestant 1,060 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 658 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 326 3.0%
Catholic 310 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 26.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023