Jury Pool Profile

Atlantic County, New Jersey

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 274,704
Median household income: $76,819
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 159,688 58.1%
Black or African American alone 38,049 13.9%
Asian alone 21,481 7.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,209 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 137 0.0%
Some other race alone 25,984 9.5%
Two or more races 28,156 10.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 54,686 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 57,615 21.0%
18–24 24,289 8.8%
25–44 63,904 23.3%
45–64 76,007 27.7%
65 and over 52,889 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $19.4B; 2.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,219
Establishments: 7,268

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 37,875 30.3%
Education & health services 31,236 25.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 20,785 16.6%
Professional & business services 10,690 8.5%
Public administration 7,131 5.7%
Construction 5,761 4.6%
Other services 3,599 2.9%
Financial activities 3,438 2.7%
Information 152 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $1,325
Owner-occupied: 73,746
Renter-occupied: 34,966

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 129,759 votes cast

Republican 65,817 50.7%
Democratic 61,879 47.7%
Other / third-party 2,063 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 39,953 15.3%
Other Indo-European 11,144 4.3%
Chinese 3,344 1.3%
Slavic languages 2,795 1.1%
Vietnamese 2,706 1.0%
Tagalog 2,676 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,918 0.7%
Other 1,297 0.5%
Arabic 1,076 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 924 0.4%
German 850 0.3%
Korean 697 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 108,712
Family households: 70,517; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 48,259
Single-mother households: 6,953
Veterans: 11,959; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 83,430 30.4%
Evangelical Protestant 28,117 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,586 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 10,051 3.7%
Black Protestant 4,658 1.7%
Orthodox 1,100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 1
Judges: 20 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Cape May Court House, Mays Landing

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 40; 18.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 37

NHTSA FARS 2023