Jury Pool Profile

Bergen County, New Jersey

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 954,717
Median household income: $123,715
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 561,302 58.8%
Black or African American alone 54,559 5.7%
Asian alone 159,137 16.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,710 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 243 0.0%
Some other race alone 68,409 7.2%
Two or more races 108,357 11.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 211,044 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 200,829 21.0%
18–24 75,639 7.9%
25–44 237,621 24.9%
45–64 270,280 28.3%
65 and over 170,348 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -1.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $105.8B; 12.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,639
Establishments: 36,016

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 120,667 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 102,335 23.4%
Professional & business services 62,102 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 44,243 10.1%
Manufacturing 29,611 6.8%
Financial activities 22,579 5.2%
Other services 15,990 3.6%
Construction 15,876 3.6%
Public administration 14,365 3.3%
Information 8,444 1.9%
Unclassified 1,682 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 346 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.4%
Median gross rent: $1,863
Owner-occupied: 230,923
Renter-occupied: 122,384

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Hackensack University Medical Center	Healthcare	9,000*
2	Valley Health System	Healthcare	4,800*
3	County of Bergen	Government	2,390*
4	Quest Diagnostics, Inc.	Diagnostics/Lab	2,200*
5	KPMG LLP	Professional Services	2,100*
6	Englewood Hospital and Medical Center (Englewood Health)	Healthcare	2,002*
7	Stryker Corporation	Medical Devices	1,812*
8	Bergen New Bridge Medical Center	Healthcare	1,746*
9	Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)	Medical Devices	1,500*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Bergen County At A Glance (Section 7.3, Bergen County Largest Employers) — Bergen County Dept. of Planning & Engineering, Office of Data Resources & Technology / Bergen County Economic Development Corporation, March 2025 quarterly publication (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 459,077 votes cast

Democratic 232,660 50.7%
Republican 217,096 47.3%
Other / third-party 9,321 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

58.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 153,245 16.9%
Korean 51,614 5.7%
Other Indo-European 50,992 5.6%
Slavic languages 37,784 4.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 21,215 2.3%
Chinese 17,509 1.9%
Tagalog 15,184 1.7%
Other 13,990 1.5%
Arabic 11,904 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,509 0.4%
German 2,309 0.3%
Vietnamese 966 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 353,307
Family households: 252,639; 71.5% of households
Married w/ children: 197,228
Single-mother households: 16,414
Veterans: 24,300; 3.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 378,457 39.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 78,048 8.2%
Mainline Protestant 37,396 3.9%
Evangelical Protestant 34,269 3.6%
Orthodox 16,709 1.7%
Black Protestant 12,109 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 8.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 52.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 2
Judges: 37 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Hackensack

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 5.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023