Jury Pool Profile

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 531,889
Median household income: $109,698
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 414,831 78.0%
Black or African American alone 46,620 8.8%
Asian alone 8,826 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 846 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 200 0.0%
Some other race alone 20,636 3.9%
Two or more races 39,930 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,022 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 111,421 20.9%
18–24 44,299 8.3%
25–44 123,034 23.1%
45–64 150,960 28.4%
65 and over 102,175 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $36.9B; 4.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,858
Establishments: 16,845

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 54,831 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 40,232 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 25,096 12.9%
Professional & business services 19,268 9.9%
Construction 16,467 8.4%
Manufacturing 9,442 4.8%
Other services 9,323 4.8%
Financial activities 9,044 4.6%
Public administration 8,132 4.2%
Information 2,172 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 951 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $1,655
Owner-occupied: 156,015
Renter-occupied: 44,980

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 298,682 votes cast

Democratic 159,962 53.6%
Republican 133,544 44.7%
Other / third-party 5,176 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.7% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 24,395 4.8%
Other Indo-European 23,033 4.6%
Spanish 15,175 3.0%
Other 1,694 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,578 0.3%
Chinese 1,405 0.3%
Arabic 1,177 0.2%
Slavic languages 1,146 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,108 0.2%
German 905 0.2%
Tagalog 551 0.1%
Korean 134 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 200,995
Family households: 140,645; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 107,407
Single-mother households: 10,799
Veterans: 25,345; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 182,080 34.3%
Mainline Protestant 17,467 3.3%
Evangelical Protestant 17,426 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,833 1.9%
Orthodox 960 0.2%
Black Protestant 934 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.5%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Plymouth 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: Plymouth, Brockton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 36; 8.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 35

NHTSA FARS 2023