Jury Pool Profile

Cape May County, New Jersey

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 95,236
Median household income: $88,046
Unemployment: 9.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 82,830 87.0%
Black or African American alone 3,237 3.4%
Asian alone 623 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 191 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,852 3.0%
Two or more races 5,503 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,676 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.4

Under 18 16,519 17.3%
18–24 6,103 6.4%
25–44 18,839 19.8%
45–64 26,543 27.9%
65 and over 27,232 28.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 9.1%; +3.84 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 0.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,574
Establishments: 4,020

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 13,087 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,369 19.6%
Education & health services 7,561 17.7%
Public administration 3,809 8.9%
Construction 2,533 5.9%
Professional & business services 2,395 5.6%
Other services 1,538 3.6%
Financial activities 1,531 3.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $1,345
Owner-occupied: 35,180
Renter-occupied: 9,189

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 54,568 votes cast

Republican 32,151 58.9%
Democratic 21,648 39.7%
Other / third-party 769 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,821 5.3%
Other Indo-European 1,408 1.5%
Slavic languages 919 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 252 0.3%
German 234 0.3%
Tagalog 143 0.2%
Other 137 0.2%
Arabic 122 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 111 0.1%
Chinese 66 0.1%
Vietnamese 45 0.0%
Korean 24 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,369
Family households: 29,171; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 22,922
Single-mother households: 1,898
Veterans: 5,794; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 43,355 45.5%
Evangelical Protestant 9,399 9.9%
Mainline Protestant 7,227 7.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 994 1.0%
Black Protestant 854 0.9%
Orthodox 413 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.4%

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: 7; 8.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023