Jury Pool Profile

Hampden County, Massachusetts

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 462,853
Median household income: $70,535
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 312,186 67.4%
Black or African American alone 40,286 8.7%
Asian alone 11,874 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,239 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 102 0.0%
Some other race alone 33,650 7.3%
Two or more races 63,516 13.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 123,001 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 97,550 21.1%
18–24 45,425 9.8%
25–44 118,093 25.5%
45–64 119,267 25.8%
65 and over 82,518 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $30.6B; 3.93% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,834
Establishments: 18,727

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 72,439 35.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 37,396 18.5%
Leisure & hospitality 19,625 9.7%
Manufacturing 17,109 8.5%
Professional & business services 15,790 7.8%
Public administration 9,902 4.9%
Financial activities 8,826 4.4%
Construction 8,611 4.3%
Other services 6,464 3.2%
Information 2,063 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 561 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $1,105
Owner-occupied: 114,621
Renter-occupied: 69,596

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 207,747 votes cast

Democratic 110,937 53.4%
Republican 92,474 44.5%
Other / third-party 4,336 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 78,504 17.9%
Other Indo-European 11,625 2.7%
Slavic languages 8,548 1.9%
Other 3,142 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,070 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,844 0.6%
Arabic 1,885 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,869 0.4%
Chinese 1,351 0.3%
German 933 0.2%
Tagalog 244 0.1%
Korean 236 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 184,217
Family households: 114,551; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 74,567
Single-mother households: 16,818
Veterans: 20,944; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 150,078 32.2%
Evangelical Protestant 27,225 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,833 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 15,225 3.3%
Black Protestant 4,074 0.9%
Orthodox 2,140 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.9%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Hampden County Superior Court
Judges: 5 (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: Springfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 42; 11.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 39

NHTSA FARS 2023