Jury Pool Profile

Morris County, New Jersey

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 510,375
Median household income: $134,929
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 362,246 71.0%
Black or African American alone 16,787 3.3%
Asian alone 54,323 10.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 706 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.0%
Some other race alone 24,914 4.9%
Two or more races 51,367 10.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78,992 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 106,161 20.8%
18–24 41,867 8.2%
25–44 122,704 24.0%
45–64 148,884 29.2%
65 and over 90,759 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -1.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $74.4B; 8.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $101,208
Establishments: 18,002

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 75,771 25.4%
Education & health services 66,105 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 50,665 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 26,214 8.8%
Financial activities 22,040 7.4%
Manufacturing 18,140 6.1%
Construction 12,235 4.1%
Public administration 11,778 3.9%
Other services 10,886 3.6%
Information 3,388 1.1%
Unclassified 903 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 697 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $1,860
Owner-occupied: 141,771
Renter-occupied: 50,069

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 284,666 votes cast

Republican 143,439 50.4%
Democratic 135,672 47.7%
Other / third-party 5,555 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 56,775 11.7%
Other Indo-European 27,353 5.6%
Chinese 10,022 2.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,629 2.0%
Slavic languages 8,564 1.8%
Korean 2,322 0.5%
Other 2,293 0.5%
Tagalog 2,279 0.5%
German 1,883 0.4%
Arabic 1,858 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,788 0.4%
Vietnamese 713 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 191,840
Family households: 134,530; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 112,893
Single-mother households: 6,931
Veterans: 14,313; 3.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 179,644 35.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 54,048 10.6%
Evangelical Protestant 29,244 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 24,870 4.9%
Black Protestant 2,906 0.6%
Orthodox 2,041 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 8.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 57.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 10
Judges: 22 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Morristown, Newton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 5.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023