Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, New Jersey

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 152,915
Median household income: $64,499
Unemployment: 7.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 79,484 52.0%
Black or African American alone 27,725 18.1%
Asian alone 2,194 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,741 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 18,724 12.2%
Two or more races 23,032 15.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53,457 35.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 37,263 24.4%
18–24 12,632 8.3%
25–44 41,214 27.0%
45–64 38,000 24.9%
65 and over 23,806 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.8%; +2.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.5B; 1.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,729
Establishments: 3,763

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 16,777 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,438 24.2%
Manufacturing 8,268 13.9%
Professional & business services 4,284 7.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,816 6.4%
Construction 3,162 5.3%
Public administration 3,049 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 2,850 4.8%
Other services 1,485 2.5%
Information 42 0.1%
Financial activities 7 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.6%
Median gross rent: $1,254
Owner-occupied: 34,966
Renter-occupied: 18,375

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 55,885 votes cast

Republican 28,675 51.3%
Democratic 26,577 47.6%
Other / third-party 633 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 37,273 26.0%
Other Indo-European 1,974 1.4%
Slavic languages 1,550 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 536 0.4%
Other 408 0.3%
German 383 0.3%
Tagalog 199 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 176 0.1%
Korean 146 0.1%
Arabic 77 0.1%
Vietnamese 75 0.1%
Chinese 49 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 53,341
Family households: 36,155; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 22,402
Single-mother households: 4,583
Veterans: 5,587; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 32,151 20.9%
Evangelical Protestant 15,278 9.9%
Mainline Protestant 7,428 4.8%
Black Protestant 6,590 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,673 3.7%
Orthodox 335 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.8%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 15
Judges: 22 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Bridgeton, Salem, Woodbury

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 19.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023