Jury Pool Profile

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Democratic +40 (2024)

Population: 128,047
Median household income: $72,565
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 111,769 87.3%
Black or African American alone 3,218 2.5%
Asian alone 2,309 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 273 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,753 2.1%
Two or more races 7,716 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,176 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 21,024 16.4%
18–24 11,260 8.8%
25–44 28,161 22.0%
45–64 36,075 28.2%
65 and over 31,527 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.2B; 1.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,257
Establishments: 5,475

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 19,370 33.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,864 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 8,501 14.7%
Professional & business services 5,413 9.3%
Manufacturing 3,298 5.7%
Construction 3,129 5.4%
Public administration 2,602 4.5%
Other services 2,033 3.5%
Financial activities 1,992 3.4%
Information 968 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 567 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.0%
Median gross rent: $1,042
Owner-occupied: 39,542
Renter-occupied: 16,975

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 68,341 votes cast

Democratic 47,094 68.9%
Republican 19,805 29.0%
Other / third-party 1,442 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,137 3.4%
Other Indo-European 1,657 1.3%
Slavic languages 785 0.6%
Other 547 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 493 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 394 0.3%
Chinese 335 0.3%
German 326 0.3%
Korean 201 0.2%
Vietnamese 96 0.1%
Arabic 90 0.1%
Tagalog 50 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 56,517
Family households: 32,459; 57.4% of households
Married w/ children: 24,059
Single-mother households: 3,610
Veterans: 6,457; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 38,682 30.0%
Mainline Protestant 6,266 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,344 4.1%
Evangelical Protestant 4,392 3.4%
Black Protestant 384 0.3%
Orthodox 181 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.9%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Berkshire County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (Superior Court Justice base assignments per county (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 mass.gov/orgs/superior-court. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, Justices may be reassigned across counties by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; counts here reflect typical base allocations rather than a permanently-fixed roster. Other Trial Court departments (District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Housing Court) handle limited-jurisdiction matters and are not counted here.)
Court seats: Pittsfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 8.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023