Jury Pool Profile

Monmouth County, New Jersey

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 643,615
Median household income: $122,727
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 490,314 76.2%
Black or African American alone 39,890 6.2%
Asian alone 34,095 5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,139 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 313 0.0%
Some other race alone 26,954 4.2%
Two or more races 48,910 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81,564 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 135,467 21.0%
18–24 52,697 8.2%
25–44 146,429 22.8%
45–64 189,534 29.4%
65 and over 119,488 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $52.7B; 6.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,560
Establishments: 21,968

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 77,602 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 52,684 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 38,339 14.0%
Professional & business services 37,327 13.6%
Construction 16,432 6.0%
Financial activities 12,565 4.6%
Other services 12,036 4.4%
Public administration 11,213 4.1%
Manufacturing 9,334 3.4%
Information 4,710 1.7%
Unclassified 981 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 779 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $1,771
Owner-occupied: 188,578
Renter-occupied: 61,617

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Hackensack Meridian Health	Healthcare	12,794
2	Saker ShopRites Inc.	Retail / Grocery	10,300
3	Commvault	Technology / Software	2,882
4	CentraState Healthcare Inc.	Healthcare	2,646
5	Visiting Nurse Association Health Group	Healthcare	2,217
6	RWJBarnabas Health - Monmouth Medical Center	Healthcare	1,920
7	New Jersey Resources	Utilities / Energy	1,350
8	Monmouth University	Education	1,226
9	Trinity Solar Inc.	Energy / Solar	1,086
10	Erickson Living - Seabrook Village	Senior Living	850

Source: Monmouth County Division of Economic Development — Top Ten Employers (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 360,143 votes cast

Republican 197,409 54.8%
Democratic 156,382 43.4%
Other / third-party 6,352 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 47,105 7.7%
Other Indo-European 24,318 4.0%
Slavic languages 10,801 1.8%
Chinese 7,690 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,785 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,801 0.6%
Tagalog 3,012 0.5%
Other 2,905 0.5%
Arabic 2,677 0.4%
Korean 1,511 0.2%
German 1,460 0.2%
Vietnamese 983 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 250,195
Family households: 169,816; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 137,379
Single-mother households: 10,267
Veterans: 21,179; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 272,380 42.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 37,257 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 26,205 4.1%
Evangelical Protestant 19,182 3.0%
Black Protestant 8,118 1.3%
Orthodox 6,011 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 10.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 9
Judges: 31 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Freehold Borough

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 7.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023