Jury Pool Profile

Bristol County, Massachusetts

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 578,436
Median household income: $84,198
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 454,457 78.6%
Black or African American alone 25,495 4.4%
Asian alone 13,701 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,291 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 184 0.0%
Some other race alone 32,662 5.6%
Two or more races 50,646 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 56,800 9.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 119,887 20.7%
18–24 49,346 8.5%
25–44 148,717 25.7%
45–64 159,706 27.6%
65 and over 100,780 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $36.0B; 4.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,669
Establishments: 17,906

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 63,958 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 56,338 24.7%
Leisure & hospitality 24,514 10.8%
Manufacturing 23,116 10.1%
Professional & business services 20,132 8.8%
Construction 13,095 5.7%
Public administration 8,533 3.7%
Other services 7,900 3.5%
Financial activities 5,634 2.5%
Information 2,346 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,931 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $1,181
Owner-occupied: 144,543
Renter-occupied: 87,659

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 276,910 votes cast

Democratic 137,813 49.8%
Republican 134,201 48.5%
Other / third-party 4,896 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.2% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 63,026 11.5%
Spanish 35,442 6.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 8,621 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,081 0.6%
Arabic 2,095 0.4%
Other 1,677 0.3%
Chinese 1,643 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,418 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,331 0.2%
Tagalog 526 0.1%
German 510 0.1%
Korean 159 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 232,202
Family households: 150,760; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 103,236
Single-mother households: 17,529
Veterans: 24,980; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 190,588 32.9%
Evangelical Protestant 25,729 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,233 2.3%
Mainline Protestant 11,992 2.1%
Orthodox 1,491 0.3%
Black Protestant 726 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.0%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Bristol County Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Taunton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 42; 9.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 38

NHTSA FARS 2023