Jury Pool Profile

Kent County, Delaware

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 185,043
Median household income: $72,872
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 110,861 59.9%
Black or African American alone 49,879 27.0%
Asian alone 4,156 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 786 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 136 0.1%
Some other race alone 3,642 2.0%
Two or more races 15,583 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,649 7.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 42,374 22.9%
18–24 18,087 9.8%
25–44 46,950 25.4%
45–64 44,588 24.1%
65 and over 33,044 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.7B; 10.5% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,464
Establishments: 5,852

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 18,545 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,985 19.7%
Public administration 9,452 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 7,976 11.2%
Professional & business services 6,499 9.1%
Construction 3,603 5.1%
Financial activities 2,314 3.3%
Other services 1,650 2.3%
Information 342 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $1,285
Owner-occupied: 49,719
Renter-occupied: 20,334

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 88,141 votes cast

Democratic 44,222 50.2%
Republican 42,458 48.2%
Other / third-party 1,461 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,481 4.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,053 1.8%
German 2,271 1.3%
Other 2,046 1.2%
Other Indo-European 1,404 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 795 0.5%
Tagalog 727 0.4%
Korean 583 0.3%
Slavic languages 273 0.2%
Vietnamese 238 0.1%
Arabic 236 0.1%
Chinese 222 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 70,053
Family households: 47,415; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 34,250
Single-mother households: 5,280
Veterans: 16,310; 11.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,377 12.9%
Catholic 16,615 9.1%
Mainline Protestant 8,698 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,208 2.9%
Black Protestant 3,260 1.8%
Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Kent County Superior Court
Judges: 6 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.delaware.gov roster)
Court seats: Dover

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Delaware statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 32; 22.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 31

NHTSA FARS 2023