Jury Pool Profile
Middlesex County, New Jersey
- County seat
- New Brunswick
- Judicial district
- Vicinage 8
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 883,335
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 871,290.
At a glance
Middlesex County is an 883,335-person venue. The county population is 41% White and 10% Black (Census race-alone categories). 24% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $113,828, $9,626 above the NJ state median of $104,202; 45.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 47.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (13.5%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $65,809/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.78%, below the 5.04% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 60% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 871,290
- Median household income
- $111,549
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 41%; Black: 10%.
Middlesex County has a population of 871,290, with a median age of 39.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 40.9%; Black residents 10.4%. Independently, 23.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $113,828; 45.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 118,157 jobs; Education & health services, 104,055, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.78%, below the New Jersey state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 57%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Middlesex County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 52.5% in 2024, 60.2% in 2020, 58.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 47.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
47.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 3.0% of the adult civilian population (20,594 individuals).