Jury Pool Profile

Greater Bridgeport County, Connecticut

Planning region seat: Bridgeport
Judicial district: Bridgeport Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 337,697; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 329,259.

At a glance

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is a 337,697-person venue. The planning region population is 56% White and 13% Black (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $89,961, $5,709 below the CT state median of $95,670; 41.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 34.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (6.3%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 35.7% of covered employment, average pay $70,006/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.55%, level with the 4.76% state average.

Population: 329,259
Median household income: $89,667
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This planning region: 56% / 13%.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has a population of 329,259, with a median age of 39.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.7%; Black residents 12.7%. Independently, 26.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,961; 41.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 170,971 51.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87,769 26.7%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 37,116 11.3%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 16,751 5.1%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,476 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 274 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,902 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 72,779 22.1%
18–24 34,229 10.4%
25–44 80,152 24.3%
45–64 89,298 27.1%
65 and over 52,801 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $89,961; 90% interval $85,792–$94,130; −$5,709 vs CT · 6th of 9
Below poverty line: 11.4%; 90% interval 9.6%–13.2%; +1.3 pp vs CT · 3rd of 9

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 36% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 35.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.55%, level with the Connecticut state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%
County GDP: $33.9B; 9.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,993
Establishments: 11,068

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 41,230 35.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,521 16.9%
Manufacturing 13,218 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 11,343 9.8%
Professional & business services 11,226 9.7%
Financial activities 4,205 3.6%
Public administration 3,763 3.3%
Construction 317 0.3%
Information 208 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 90.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 65.3%; −1.2 pp vs CT · 7th of 9
Median gross rent: $1,546; +$58 vs CT · 2nd of 9
Owner-occupied: 78,087
Renter-occupied: 41,546

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 64% of the planning region workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $136,981/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $34,173/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Planning Region-level election results not available.

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 34.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

34.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 3.0% of the adult civilian population (7,694 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

65.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 64,065 20.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 5,588 1.8%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4,342 1.4%
Chinese 2,782 0.9%
Vietnamese 1,457 0.5%
Arabic 1,413 0.5%
Tagalog 1,060 0.3%
German or other West Germanic 677 0.2%
Korean 435 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 119,633
Family households: 80,224; 67.1% of households
Married couples w/ children: 23,297; 29.0% of families
Single-mother families: 8,392; 10.5% of families
Veterans: 7,694; 3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%; ±0.6 pp
Uninsured: 8.6%; ±0.6 pp; 1st of 9
With a disability: 12.5%; ±0.6 pp; 4th of 9
Bachelor's or higher: 41.7%; ±1.1 pp; −0.8 pp vs CT · 5th of 9
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 9.9%; 90% interval 9.0%–10.8% · 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: Bridgeport Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: Bridgeport

Court reference