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Jury Pool Profile

Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Democratic +42 (2024)
Population
156,595
Median household income
$86,391
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 130,409 83.3%
  • Black or African American alone 3,647 2.3%
  • Asian alone 7,889 5.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 105 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 3,384 2.2%
  • Two or more races 11,008 7.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,259 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

  • Under 18 23,349 14.9%
  • 18–24 33,254 21.2%
  • 25–44 31,964 20.4%
  • 45–64 37,757 24.1%
  • 65 and over 30,271 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
-0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP
$10.4B
1.33% of state
Avg. annual pay
$62,006
Establishments
4,928

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 22,557 34.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 10,764 16.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6,634 10.1%
  • Professional & business services 4,104 6.2%
  • Public administration 3,087 4.7%
  • Manufacturing 2,743 4.2%
  • Construction 2,672 4.1%
  • Other services 2,090 3.2%
  • Financial activities 1,559 2.4%
  • Information 823 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 481 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
68.8%
Median gross rent
$1,332
Owner-occupied
42,489
Renter-occupied
19,281

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,345 votes cast

  • Democratic 58,617 69.5%
  • Republican 23,256 27.6%
  • Other / third-party 2,472 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 6,723 4.4%
  • Other Indo-European 3,388 2.2%
  • Chinese 2,270 1.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,362 0.9%
  • Slavic languages 1,308 0.9%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,057 0.7%
  • German 796 0.5%
  • Other 649 0.4%
  • Korean 511 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 439 0.3%
  • Arabic 355 0.2%
  • Tagalog 156 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
61,770
Family households
36,287
58.7% of households
Married w/ children
27,673
Single-mother households
3,090
Veterans
7,532
5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.0% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 21,616 13.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,886 5.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,647 4.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,337 0.8%
  • Orthodox 300 0.2%
  • Black Protestant 192 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
98.0%
With a disability
12.1%
Bachelor's or higher
51.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Hampshire 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
Northampton
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
9
6.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Hampshire County, Massachusetts to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.