Jury Pool Profile

Strafford County, New Hampshire

Democratic +12 (2024)

Population: 131,743
Median household income: $86,564
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 117,190 89.0%
Black or African American alone 1,600 1.2%
Asian alone 3,497 2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,150 0.9%
Two or more races 8,265 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,110 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 23,621 17.9%
18–24 19,053 14.5%
25–44 33,755 25.6%
45–64 33,543 25.5%
65 and over 21,771 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.0B; 6.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,687
Establishments: 3,189

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,125 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,385 20.2%
Leisure & hospitality 5,286 11.4%
Manufacturing 5,054 10.9%
Professional & business services 4,291 9.2%
Public administration 2,070 4.4%
Financial activities 1,803 3.9%
Construction 1,682 3.6%
Other services 1,642 3.5%
Information 316 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 182 0.4%
Unclassified 70 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.0%
Median gross rent: $1,413
Owner-occupied: 34,619
Renter-occupied: 17,065

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 76,323 votes cast

Democratic 42,374 55.5%
Republican 33,163 43.5%
Other / third-party 786 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,550 1.2%
Other Indo-European 1,189 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 843 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 740 0.6%
German 433 0.3%
Chinese 422 0.3%
Other 353 0.3%
Slavic languages 299 0.2%
Korean 229 0.2%
Tagalog 146 0.1%
Arabic 116 0.1%
Vietnamese 37 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 51,684
Family households: 32,061; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 25,595
Single-mother households: 2,164
Veterans: 8,239; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 18,417 14.1%
Evangelical Protestant 7,076 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 3,955 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,463 1.1%
Orthodox 225 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Strafford County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (New Hampshire Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. NH has ~24 Justices statewide who rotate assignments among the 10 county branches under a unified bench (RSA § 491), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Hillsborough County uniquely operates two branches (Manchester / North and Nashua / South). Vintage 2026 courts.nh.gov roster.)
Court seats: Dover

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Hampshire statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 8.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023