Jury Pool Profile

Yancey County, North Carolina

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 18,676
Median household income: $54,961
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,268 92.5%
Black or African American alone 109 0.6%
Asian alone 77 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 46 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 467 2.5%
Two or more races 709 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,051 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.9

Under 18 3,444 18.4%
18–24 1,182 6.3%
25–44 3,973 21.3%
45–64 5,131 27.5%
65 and over 4,946 26.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $605.1M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,951
Establishments: 497

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,226 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 833 17.9%
Education & health services 824 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 463 10.0%
Public administration 426 9.2%
Construction 374 8.0%
Professional & business services 164 3.5%
Other services 126 2.7%
Financial activities 116 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 68 1.5%
Information 29 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $807
Owner-occupied: 6,324
Renter-occupied: 1,864

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,247 votes cast

Republican 7,509 66.8%
Democratic 3,635 32.3%
Other / third-party 103 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 692 3.9%
German 45 0.3%
Slavic languages 45 0.3%
Other Indo-European 37 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
Korean 6 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,188
Family households: 5,580; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,522
Single-mother households: 402
Veterans: 1,048; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,892 26.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,257 6.8%
Catholic 737 4.0%
Black Protestant 256 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 178 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%
With a disability: 19.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th 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: Bakersville, Boone, Burnsville, Marshall, Newland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

North Carolina statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 13.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023