Jury Pool Profile

Nantucket County, Massachusetts

Democratic +37 (2024)

Population: 14,299
Median household income: $119,750
Unemployment: 8.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,125 70.8%
Black or African American alone 1,333 9.3%
Asian alone 255 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 738 5.2%
Two or more races 1,848 12.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,347 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 2,939 20.6%
18–24 910 6.4%
25–44 4,264 29.8%
45–64 3,969 27.8%
65 and over 2,217 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.9%; +4.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $78,799
Establishments: 1,318

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,367 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,377 16.1%
Professional & business services 1,254 14.6%
Construction 1,126 13.2%
Education & health services 662 7.7%
Financial activities 330 3.9%
Public administration 301 3.5%
Other services 291 3.4%
Information 109 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.5%
Median gross rent: $2,070
Owner-occupied: 3,861
Renter-occupied: 1,187

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,082 votes cast

Democratic 4,784 67.6%
Republican 2,171 30.7%
Other / third-party 127 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,144 8.4%
Slavic languages 396 2.9%
Other Indo-European 223 1.6%
Korean 150 1.1%
German 110 0.8%
Tagalog 75 0.6%
Chinese 13 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,048
Family households: 3,299; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,917
Single-mother households: 125
Veterans: 515; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,219 22.6%
Mainline Protestant 884 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 323 2.3%
Evangelical Protestant 219 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 9.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 58.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Nantucket 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: Nantucket

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023