Jury Pool Profile

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 861,664
Median household income: $93,561
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 650,963 75.5%
Black or African American alone 43,791 5.1%
Asian alone 44,745 5.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,301 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 284 0.0%
Some other race alone 36,302 4.2%
Two or more races 83,278 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 114,759 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 179,369 20.8%
18–24 79,886 9.3%
25–44 221,810 25.7%
45–64 237,883 27.6%
65 and over 142,716 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $60.9B; 7.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,641
Establishments: 27,743

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 117,929 33.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 63,084 17.9%
Professional & business services 39,779 11.3%
Manufacturing 35,042 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 31,513 9.0%
Construction 18,283 5.2%
Financial activities 14,392 4.1%
Public administration 13,936 4.0%
Other services 9,997 2.8%
Information 3,750 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,967 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.7%
Median gross rent: $1,347
Owner-occupied: 218,849
Renter-occupied: 114,424

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 418,748 votes cast

Democratic 225,680 53.9%
Republican 183,802 43.9%
Other / third-party 9,266 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 78,435 9.6%
Other Indo-European 40,775 5.0%
Other 13,032 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,306 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8,251 1.0%
Slavic languages 6,958 0.9%
Vietnamese 6,611 0.8%
Chinese 6,402 0.8%
Arabic 6,272 0.8%
German 2,382 0.3%
Korean 1,477 0.2%
Tagalog 661 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 333,273
Family households: 219,069; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 160,843
Single-mother households: 20,532
Veterans: 36,007; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 278,698 32.3%
Evangelical Protestant 39,282 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 29,886 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 27,569 3.2%
Orthodox 9,689 1.1%
Black Protestant 1,172 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.4%
With a disability: 12.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Worcester County Superior Court
Judges: 9 (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: Worcester

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Massachusetts statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 45; 6.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 42

NHTSA FARS 2023