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Jury Pool Profile

New Haven County, Connecticut

Population
566,803
Median household income
$86,266
Unemployment
4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 362,498 64.0%
  • Black or African American alone 79,175 14.0%
  • Asian alone 25,059 4.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,221 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 187 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 47,422 8.4%
  • Two or more races 51,241 9.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108,273 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

  • Under 18 112,160 19.8%
  • 18–24 57,718 10.2%
  • 25–44 144,190 25.4%
  • 45–64 149,611 26.4%
  • 65 and over 103,124 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.2%
+0.03 pp vs. state

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

Housing
Home ownership
60.6%
Median gross rent
$1,463
Owner-occupied
137,908
Renter-occupied
89,831

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2020 presidential · 417,980 votes cast

  • Democratic 242,629 58.0%
  • Republican 169,892 40.6%
  • Other / third-party 5,459 1.3%

Election results 2020

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 72,669 13.5%
  • Other Indo-European 14,309 2.7%
  • Chinese 6,184 1.1%
  • Other 5,013 0.9%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 3,916 0.7%
  • Slavic languages 3,845 0.7%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 3,704 0.7%
  • Arabic 3,065 0.6%
  • German 1,638 0.3%
  • Korean 1,493 0.3%
  • Tagalog 1,430 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,122 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
227,739
Family households
140,148
61.5% of households
Married w/ children
97,466
Single-mother households
15,679
Veterans
20,951
4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 258,278 29.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 55,739 6.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 38,204 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 34,007 3.9%
  • Black Protestant 12,490 1.4%
  • Orthodox 3,977 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.9%
With a disability
11.7%
Bachelor's or higher
41.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
New Haven Judicial District Superior Court
Judges
20 (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
New Haven

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Connecticut statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
73
Fatal crashes
70

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for New Haven 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.