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Jury Pool Profile

Hartford County, Connecticut

Population
969,029
Median household income
$91,541
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 637,789 65.8%
  • Black or African American alone 120,661 12.5%
  • Asian alone 56,889 5.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,122 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 622 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 64,431 6.6%
  • Two or more races 86,515 8.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 168,439 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

  • Under 18 197,922 20.4%
  • 18–24 95,256 9.8%
  • 25–44 250,189 25.8%
  • 45–64 254,155 26.2%
  • 65 and over 171,507 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.16 pp vs. state

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

Housing
Home ownership
65.4%
Median gross rent
$1,351
Owner-occupied
254,424
Renter-occupied
134,662

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2020 presidential · 449,336 votes cast

  • Democratic 283,368 63.1%
  • Republican 159,024 35.4%
  • Other / third-party 6,944 1.5%

Election results 2020

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 110,956 12.1%
  • Other Indo-European 35,855 3.9%
  • Slavic languages 23,539 2.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 12,204 1.3%
  • Other 8,474 0.9%
  • Chinese 8,161 0.9%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 7,698 0.8%
  • Arabic 3,288 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 3,024 0.3%
  • German 2,434 0.3%
  • Korean 1,971 0.2%
  • Tagalog 1,344 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
389,086
Family households
245,694
63.1% of households
Married w/ children
175,893
Single-mother households
25,721
Veterans
36,452
4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.5% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 235,359 26.2%
  • Evangelical Protestant 63,611 7.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 62,346 6.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 55,480 6.2%
  • Black Protestant 25,020 2.8%
  • Orthodox 3,018 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.8%
With a disability
12.2%
Bachelor's or higher
41.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Hartford Judicial District Superior Court
Judges
26 (Superior Court judges per Judicial District (general civil + criminal jurisdiction). Allocations are administrative (not statutory) and may shift across JDs at the discretion of the Chief Court Administrator. Vintage 2026 jud.ct.gov judge-locator pages. Per-county counts reflect the PRIMARY JD only; multi-JD counties (Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven) house additional Superior Court benches in their secondary JDs that are not double-counted in the per-county figure.)
Court seats
Hartford

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Connecticut statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
70
Fatal crashes
64

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Hartford County, Connecticut to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2020 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.