Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, New Jersey

Democratic +34 (2024)

Population: 383,286
Median household income: $96,333
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 190,842 49.8%
Black or African American alone 73,554 19.2%
Asian alone 46,234 12.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,693 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 84 0.0%
Some other race alone 35,007 9.1%
Two or more races 34,872 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85,269 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 84,044 21.9%
18–24 39,713 10.4%
25–44 97,182 25.4%
45–64 102,335 26.7%
65 and over 60,012 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $56.8B; 6.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $90,503
Establishments: 11,677

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 69,972 26.5%
Professional & business services 46,671 17.7%
Public administration 46,355 17.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 38,908 14.7%
Financial activities 17,516 6.6%
Leisure & hospitality 16,075 6.1%
Manufacturing 10,061 3.8%
Other services 7,500 2.8%
Construction 7,145 2.7%
Information 3,136 1.2%
Unclassified 640 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 176 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.9%
Median gross rent: $1,515
Owner-occupied: 87,554
Renter-occupied: 53,910

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 163,270 votes cast

Democratic 107,558 65.9%
Republican 52,274 32.0%
Other / third-party 3,438 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

65.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 67,167 18.6%
Other Indo-European 19,092 5.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,207 2.5%
Chinese 7,572 2.1%
Slavic languages 6,470 1.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 5,983 1.7%
Other 3,399 0.9%
Arabic 1,892 0.5%
Tagalog 1,692 0.5%
German 1,600 0.4%
Korean 1,425 0.4%
Vietnamese 434 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 141,464
Family households: 92,966; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 66,456
Single-mother households: 9,157
Veterans: 10,657; 3.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 107,635 27.8%
Mainline Protestant 25,554 6.6%
Evangelical Protestant 21,156 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,240 5.0%
Black Protestant 8,898 2.3%
Orthodox 2,685 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 10.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 7
Judges: 23 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Trenton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 28; 9.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023