Jury Pool Profile

Ocean County, New Jersey

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 646,434
Median household income: $86,411
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 549,196 85.0%
Black or African American alone 19,534 3.0%
Asian alone 11,962 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,457 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 178 0.0%
Some other race alone 22,404 3.5%
Two or more races 40,703 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68,729 10.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 160,999 24.9%
18–24 46,991 7.3%
25–44 137,731 21.3%
45–64 155,994 24.1%
65 and over 144,719 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $31.7B; 3.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,452
Establishments: 15,958

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 64,429 33.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 37,954 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 23,756 12.5%
Professional & business services 18,343 9.7%
Construction 11,155 5.9%
Public administration 10,609 5.6%
Other services 8,034 4.2%
Financial activities 7,411 3.9%
Manufacturing 5,973 3.1%
Information 1,025 0.5%
Unclassified 953 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 270 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $1,702
Owner-occupied: 193,630
Renter-occupied: 47,891

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 337,135 votes cast

Republican 227,232 67.4%
Democratic 105,789 31.4%
Other / third-party 4,114 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 35,638 5.9%
Other Indo-European 9,826 1.6%
German 9,550 1.6%
Other 8,342 1.4%
Slavic languages 5,094 0.9%
Tagalog 3,281 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,786 0.3%
Arabic 1,487 0.2%
Chinese 1,313 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,227 0.2%
Korean 651 0.1%
Vietnamese 300 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 241,521
Family households: 160,799; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 127,318
Single-mother households: 8,312
Veterans: 31,269; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 156,683 24.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 61,581 9.7%
Mainline Protestant 20,776 3.3%
Evangelical Protestant 17,131 2.7%
Black Protestant 2,936 0.5%
Orthodox 1,513 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 14
Judges: 21 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Toms River

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 43; 8.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 40

NHTSA FARS 2023