Jury Pool Profile

Dukes County, Massachusetts

Democratic +53 (2024)

Population: 20,751
Median household income: $102,348
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,958 81.7%
Black or African American alone 691 3.3%
Asian alone 288 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 237 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 622 3.0%
Two or more races 1,955 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 641 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.4

Under 18 3,590 17.3%
18–24 1,217 5.9%
25–44 4,357 21.0%
45–64 6,200 29.9%
65 and over 5,387 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +1.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,428
Establishments: 1,434

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,958 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,790 19.5%
Education & health services 1,147 12.5%
Construction 877 9.6%
Professional & business services 758 8.3%
Public administration 635 6.9%
Other services 389 4.2%
Financial activities 374 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 164 1.8%
Information 126 1.4%
Manufacturing 82 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $1,371
Owner-occupied: 5,495
Renter-occupied: 1,867

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,149 votes cast

Democratic 9,137 75.2%
Republican 2,745 22.6%
Other / third-party 267 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.9% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 2,050 10.3%
Spanish 547 2.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 139 0.7%
Slavic languages 84 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 83 0.4%
Other 48 0.2%
German 25 0.1%
Tagalog 23 0.1%
Chinese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,362
Family households: 4,476; 60.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,721
Single-mother households: 251
Veterans: 1,175; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.0% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,980 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,764 8.6%
Catholic 1,168 5.7%
Evangelical Protestant 245 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 10.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 49.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Dukes County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Edgartown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 5.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023