Jury Pool Profile
Gloucester County, New Jersey
- County seat
- Woodbury
- Judicial district
- Vicinage 15
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 312,638
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 306,954.
At a glance
Gloucester County is a 312,638-person venue. The county population is 76% White and 11% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $104,403; 36.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.9%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 32.8% of covered employment, average pay $54,731/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.68%, below the 5.04% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 306,954
- Median household income
- $105,115
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 76% / 11%.
Gloucester County has a population of 306,954, with a median age of 40.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 75.8%; Black residents 10.8%. Independently, 8.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $104,403; 36.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 33% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 32.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 26.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.68%, below the New Jersey state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Gloucester County was carried by the Republican candidate with 50.6% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 50.0% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 48.4% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (13,495 individuals).