Jury Pool Profile

Passaic County, New Jersey

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 518,289
Median household income: $87,137
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 242,086 46.7%
Black or African American alone 55,055 10.6%
Asian alone 28,398 5.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,878 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 142 0.0%
Some other race alone 89,772 17.3%
Two or more races 100,958 19.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 225,149 43.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 122,854 23.7%
18–24 48,179 9.3%
25–44 134,418 25.9%
45–64 132,451 25.6%
65 and over 80,387 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +0.54 pp vs. state
County GDP: $29.1B; 3.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,668
Establishments: 15,191

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 49,493 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 39,304 23.0%
Professional & business services 20,423 12.0%
Manufacturing 18,322 10.7%
Leisure & hospitality 13,281 7.8%
Construction 7,897 4.6%
Public administration 7,433 4.4%
Other services 6,935 4.1%
Financial activities 5,547 3.2%
Information 949 0.6%
Unclassified 935 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 313 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.8%
Median gross rent: $1,553
Owner-occupied: 94,011
Renter-occupied: 83,953

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 202,767 votes cast

Republican 100,954 49.8%
Democratic 95,156 46.9%
Other / third-party 6,657 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 178,228 36.7%
Other Indo-European 23,553 4.9%
Arabic 13,079 2.7%
Slavic languages 11,829 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,843 1.2%
Other 3,594 0.7%
Tagalog 2,749 0.6%
Korean 1,669 0.3%
Chinese 1,657 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,206 0.2%
German 922 0.2%
Vietnamese 62 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 177,964
Family households: 127,548; 71.7% of households
Married w/ children: 83,042
Single-mother households: 17,430
Veterans: 10,892; 2.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 183,098 34.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 79,515 15.2%
Evangelical Protestant 30,175 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 12,092 2.3%
Orthodox 5,347 1.0%
Black Protestant 3,554 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.9%
With a disability: 9.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 11
Judges: 23 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Paterson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 6.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023