Jury Pool Profile

Essex County, Massachusetts

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 807,258
Median household income: $99,431
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 567,305 70.3%
Black or African American alone 33,498 4.1%
Asian alone 28,113 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,344 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 208 0.0%
Some other race alone 97,539 12.1%
Two or more races 78,251 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 187,521 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 169,420 21.0%
18–24 70,975 8.8%
25–44 202,456 25.1%
45–64 219,034 27.1%
65 and over 145,373 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $60.7B; 7.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $75,548
Establishments: 28,628

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 97,596 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 54,117 16.7%
Manufacturing 39,526 12.2%
Professional & business services 37,891 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 35,803 11.1%
Construction 17,091 5.3%
Other services 12,516 3.9%
Public administration 11,810 3.6%
Financial activities 10,677 3.3%
Information 4,565 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 907 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.0%
Median gross rent: $1,673
Owner-occupied: 199,350
Renter-occupied: 112,326

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 399,719 votes cast

Democratic 236,624 59.2%
Republican 155,336 38.9%
Other / third-party 7,759 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 143,226 18.8%
Other Indo-European 31,931 4.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 9,545 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 7,050 0.9%
Slavic languages 5,519 0.7%
Other 4,713 0.6%
Arabic 4,671 0.6%
Chinese 4,635 0.6%
Vietnamese 1,948 0.3%
German 1,522 0.2%
Korean 1,246 0.2%
Tagalog 628 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 311,676
Family households: 206,693; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 149,280
Single-mother households: 21,176
Veterans: 28,163; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 299,218 36.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 33,761 4.2%
Evangelical Protestant 26,616 3.3%
Mainline Protestant 26,424 3.3%
Orthodox 10,600 1.3%
Black Protestant 864 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.2%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Essex County Superior Court
Judges: 7 (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: Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 5.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 35

NHTSA FARS 2023