Jury Pool Profile

Sussex County, Delaware

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 247,799
Median household income: $78,162
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 187,296 75.6%
Black or African American alone 25,916 10.5%
Asian alone 3,055 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,781 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,768 4.3%
Two or more races 18,934 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,788 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 45,469 18.3%
18–24 15,013 6.1%
25–44 47,792 19.3%
45–64 66,475 26.8%
65 and over 73,050 29.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $23.4B; 21.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,078
Establishments: 11,171

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 21,465 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,970 19.1%
Leisure & hospitality 16,741 17.8%
Manufacturing 11,376 12.1%
Professional & business services 9,661 10.2%
Construction 6,274 6.7%
Financial activities 3,933 4.2%
Other services 3,038 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 800 0.8%
Information 615 0.7%
Public administration 201 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $1,221
Owner-occupied: 83,879
Renter-occupied: 19,334

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 147,639 votes cast

Republican 81,025 54.9%
Democratic 64,836 43.9%
Other / third-party 1,778 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,446 9.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,867 1.2%
Other Indo-European 2,008 0.9%
Slavic languages 795 0.3%
Other 536 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 479 0.2%
Tagalog 439 0.2%
Vietnamese 390 0.2%
German 371 0.2%
Arabic 260 0.1%
Chinese 254 0.1%
Korean 162 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 103,213
Family households: 69,666; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 54,343
Single-mother households: 5,407
Veterans: 17,798; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 34,520 14.5%
Mainline Protestant 21,585 9.1%
Evangelical Protestant 20,900 8.8%
Black Protestant 3,496 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,979 0.8%
Orthodox 250 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Sussex County Superior Court
Judges: 5 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.delaware.gov roster)
Court seats: Georgetown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Delaware statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 44; 21.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 40

NHTSA FARS 2023