Jury Pool Profile

Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Democratic +29 (2024)

Population: 724,540
Median household income: $126,497
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 517,445 71.4%
Black or African American alone 52,468 7.2%
Asian alone 87,545 12.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 702 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 270 0.0%
Some other race alone 16,772 2.3%
Two or more races 49,338 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,130 5.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 149,743 20.7%
18–24 61,979 8.6%
25–44 189,009 26.1%
45–64 197,637 27.3%
65 and over 126,172 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $75.1B; 9.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $84,497
Establishments: 26,156

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 87,947 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 64,190 18.5%
Professional & business services 53,741 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 37,399 10.8%
Financial activities 27,773 8.0%
Construction 23,425 6.8%
Manufacturing 18,731 5.4%
Other services 12,214 3.5%
Public administration 10,843 3.1%
Information 9,016 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,002 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $2,072
Owner-occupied: 192,815
Renter-occupied: 88,593

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 383,258 votes cast

Democratic 242,712 63.3%
Republican 132,497 34.6%
Other / third-party 8,049 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.0% speak only English at home

Chinese 35,514 5.2%
Other Indo-European 33,386 4.9%
Spanish 23,740 3.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 17,359 2.5%
Vietnamese 9,946 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,179 1.3%
Slavic languages 8,940 1.3%
Other 7,663 1.1%
Arabic 5,136 0.7%
Korean 2,773 0.4%
German 2,419 0.4%
Tagalog 1,796 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 281,408
Family households: 184,676; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 147,053
Single-mother households: 12,534
Veterans: 23,132; 4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 296,880 40.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,841 6.2%
Mainline Protestant 28,314 3.9%
Evangelical Protestant 14,433 2.0%
Orthodox 3,350 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 98.1%
With a disability: 9.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 57.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Norfolk County Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Dedham

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 6.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023