Mercer County, New Jersey

• White (non-Hispanic) 164,891 42.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89,099 23.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 69,099 17.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 47,553 12.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,059 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 213 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 50 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,900 0.5%

• Under 18 84,828 22.0%
• 18–24 39,425 10.2%
• 25–44 98,143 25.4%
• 45–64 101,911 26.4%
• 65 and over 61,557 16.0%

Median household income

$102,760

90% interval $98,661–$106,859

−$1,442 vs NJ · 10th of 21

Below poverty line

10.0%

90% interval 8.5%–11.5%

+0.8 pp vs NJ · 8th of 21

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$56.8B

6.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$94,418

Establishments

11,751

• Education & health services 67,941 26.0%
• Public administration 47,071 18.0%
• Professional & business services 45,396 17.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 39,115 15.0%
• Financial activities 17,438 6.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 16,053 6.1%
• Manufacturing 9,946 3.8%
• Other services 7,407 2.8%
• Construction 6,891 2.6%
• Information 3,128 1.2%
• Unclassified 683 0.3%
• Natural resources & mining 242 0.1%

Home ownership

62.2%

−1.6 pp vs NJ · 17th of 21

Median gross rent

$1,623

−$97 vs NJ · 11th of 21

Owner-occupied

89,569

Renter-occupied

54,545

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $158,072/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,009/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 69,459 19.1%
• Chinese 8,172 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 6,125 1.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5,841 1.6%
• Arabic 1,885 0.5%
• Korean 1,742 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 1,621 0.4%
• Tagalog 1,553 0.4%
• Vietnamese 411 0.1%

Households

144,114

Family households

94,406

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

27,595

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

10,265

10.9% of families

Veterans

10,176

3.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.1%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

7.9%

±0.5 pp

6th of 21

With a disability

10.7%

±0.5 pp

12th of 21

Bachelor's or higher

45.4%

±1 pp

+1.8 pp vs NJ · 8th of 21

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.6%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Vicinage 7

Judges

23 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)

Court seats

Trenton

Traffic fatalities

36

11.96 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

35