Jury Pool Profile
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Democratic +8 (2024)
- Population
- 861,535
- Median household income
- $109,028
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 381,022 44.2%
- Black or African American alone 89,702 10.4%
- Asian alone 215,990 25.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,925 0.9%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 301 0.0%
- Some other race alone 90,298 10.5%
- Two or more races 76,297 8.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 198,174 23.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.4
- Under 18 186,485 21.6%
- 18–24 80,801 9.4%
- 25–44 230,604 26.8%
- 45–64 227,757 26.4%
- 65 and over 135,888 15.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.1%
- -0.2 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $86.7B
- 10.25% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $82,400
- Establishments
- 25,382
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 120,224 27.9%
- Education & health services 100,198 23.3%
- Professional & business services 84,556 19.6%
- Manufacturing 30,859 7.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 28,477 6.6%
- Financial activities 17,783 4.1%
- Construction 15,235 3.5%
- Other services 12,944 3.0%
- Public administration 12,177 2.8%
- Information 6,117 1.4%
- Unclassified 1,596 0.4%
- Natural resources & mining 389 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 63.5%
- Median gross rent
- $1,810
- Owner-occupied
- 193,963
- Renter-occupied
- 111,647
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Largest employers
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick/Piscataway) | Education | 16,000* |
| 2 | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital / RWJBarnabas Health (New Brunswick) | Healthcare | 5,000* |
| 3 | Novo Nordisk (Plainsboro, US HQ) | Pharmaceuticals | 3,000* |
| 4 | Wakefern Food Corp. (Keasbey/Edison HQ & distribution) | Food / Grocery cooperative | 3,500* |
| 5 | Hackensack Meridian Health / JFK University Medical Center (Edison) | Healthcare | 3,000* |
| 6 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Pharmaceuticals | 3,000* |
| 7 | Saint Peter's Healthcare System (New Brunswick) | Healthcare | 2,750* |
| 8 | Johnson & Johnson (global HQ, New Brunswick) | Pharmaceuticals / Medical devices | 2,100* |
| 9 | The Home Depot (distribution & retail, Edison) | Retail / Distribution | 1,875* |
| 10 | United Parcel Service (UPS) (Edison) | Logistics | 1,875* |
| 11 | Amazon (fulfillment & sortation centers, Carteret/Avenel/Edison/Cranbury) | Logistics / E-commerce | 1,500* |
| 12 | Silver Line Building Products / Cornerstone Building Brands (North Brunswick) | Manufacturing | 500* |
* Headcount is an estimate.
Source: Edison Chamber of Commerce — "Major Employers in Middlesex County" (ranked employee-count list), cross-validated against the NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Division of Economic and Demographic Research, Middlesex County Report (Feb 2026) (2026)
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 365,187 votes cast
- Democratic 191,802 52.5%
- Republican 162,459 44.5%
- Other / third-party 10,926 3.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
53.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 148,944 18.3%
- Other Indo-European 108,919 13.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 39,783 4.9%
- Chinese 22,265 2.7%
- Slavic languages 17,404 2.1%
- Arabic 10,777 1.3%
- Tagalog 10,477 1.3%
- Other 10,171 1.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 5,681 0.7%
- Korean 4,636 0.6%
- Vietnamese 2,171 0.3%
- German 1,363 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 305,610
- Family households
- 219,623
- 71.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 167,769
- Single-mother households
- 17,184
- Veterans
- 21,751
- 3.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
49.8% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 256,793 29.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 89,625 10.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 35,437 4.1%
- Mainline Protestant 26,436 3.1%
- Orthodox 13,515 1.6%
- Black Protestant 7,916 0.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.9%
- With a disability
- 9.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 45.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Vicinage 8
- Judges
- 41 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
- Court seats
- New Brunswick
Traffic safety context
New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 59
- 8.74 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 57
NHTSA FARS 2023