Jury Pool Profile

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Democratic +52 (2024)

Population: 782,172
Median household income: $92,859
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 376,551 48.1%
Black or African American alone 149,342 19.1%
Asian alone 70,484 9.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,940 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 583 0.1%
Some other race alone 60,658 7.8%
Two or more races 121,614 15.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178,286 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.8

Under 18 126,494 16.2%
18–24 104,729 13.4%
25–44 282,203 36.1%
45–64 167,330 21.4%
65 and over 101,416 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $190.8B; 24.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $131,280
Establishments: 33,364

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 223,306 31.3%
Professional & business services 140,367 19.7%
Financial activities 82,660 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 77,484 10.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 69,883 9.8%
Public administration 39,726 5.6%
Information 23,354 3.3%
Other services 21,716 3.0%
Construction 15,613 2.2%
Manufacturing 8,820 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 94 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 36.6%
Median gross rent: $2,069
Owner-occupied: 117,938
Renter-occupied: 204,246

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 297,041 votes cast

Democratic 222,280 74.8%
Republican 66,480 22.4%
Other / third-party 8,281 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

61.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 142,919 19.2%
Other Indo-European 36,961 5.0%
Chinese 27,544 3.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 27,375 3.7%
Other 11,387 1.5%
Vietnamese 9,971 1.3%
Arabic 7,761 1.0%
Slavic languages 7,713 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6,976 0.9%
Korean 3,111 0.4%
German 2,968 0.4%
Tagalog 1,074 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 322,184
Family households: 153,470; 47.6% of households
Married w/ children: 94,032
Single-mother households: 21,185
Veterans: 15,040; 2.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 329,380 41.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 67,011 8.4%
Evangelical Protestant 41,180 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 17,160 2.2%
Black Protestant 7,527 0.9%
Orthodox 7,375 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 49.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Suffolk County Superior Court
Judges: 19 (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: Boston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 3.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023