Jury Pool Profile

South Central Connecticut County, Connecticut

Planning region seat: New Haven
Judicial district: New Haven Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 578,741; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 570,598.

At a glance

South Central Connecticut Planning Region is a 578,741-person venue. The planning region population is 62% White and 14% Black (Census race-alone categories). 20% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $89,386, $6,284 below the CT state median of $95,670; 42.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.5%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 37.8% of covered employment, average pay $83,486/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, level with the 4.76% state average.

Population: 570,598
Median household income: $88,197
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This planning region: 62% / 14%.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region has a population of 570,598, with a median age of 40.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 61.6%; Black residents 13.9%. Independently, 19.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,386; 42.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 333,578 58.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 111,540 19.5%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 74,251 13.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 25,619 4.5%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 20,201 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 551 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 113 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,745 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 111,623 19.6%
18–24 59,302 10.4%
25–44 146,156 25.6%
45–64 147,451 25.8%
65 and over 106,066 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $89,386; 90% interval $85,077–$93,695; −$6,284 vs CT · 7th of 9
Below poverty line: 11.5%; 90% interval 10.2%–12.8%; +1.4 pp vs CT · 2nd 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 38% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 37.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.95%, level with the Connecticut state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%
County GDP: $50.1B; 14.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,015
Establishments: 21,097

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 105,422 37.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 53,402 19.2%
Professional & business services 31,983 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 25,329 9.1%
Manufacturing 19,472 7.0%
Construction 10,940 3.9%
Financial activities 10,649 3.8%
Other services 9,183 3.3%
Public administration 7,875 2.8%
Information 3,510 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 691 0.2%
Unclassified 102 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 60.5%; −6.0 pp vs CT · 9th of 9
Median gross rent: $1,525; +$37 vs CT · 3rd of 9
Owner-occupied: 139,620
Renter-occupied: 91,053

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Concentrated

Top three sectors employ 68% of the planning region workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.
Moderate wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Information, $124,606/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,379/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the regional population.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely in this population.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Planning Region-level election results not available.

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

22.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (20,524 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

77.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 72,773 13.4%
Chinese 6,544 1.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4,732 0.9%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 4,308 0.8%
Arabic 4,114 0.8%
Tagalog 1,602 0.3%
German or other West Germanic 1,591 0.3%
Korean 1,530 0.3%
Vietnamese 885 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 230,673
Family households: 141,621; 61.4% of households
Married couples w/ children: 35,199; 24.9% of families
Single-mother families: 15,422; 10.9% of families
Veterans: 20,524; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%; ±0.3 pp
Uninsured: 4.9%; ±0.3 pp; 3rd of 9
With a disability: 11.9%; ±0.4 pp; 7th of 9
Bachelor's or higher: 42.0%; ±0.8 pp; −0.5 pp vs CT · 4th of 9
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 6.6%; 90% interval 6.1%–7.1% · 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: New Haven Judicial District Superior Court
Court seats: New Haven

Court reference