Jury Pool Profile

Salem County, New Jersey

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 64,973
Median household income: $78,412
Unemployment: 6.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 48,173 74.1%
Black or African American alone 9,195 14.2%
Asian alone 588 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 89 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,712 4.2%
Two or more races 4,063 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,975 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 14,221 21.9%
18–24 5,389 8.3%
25–44 15,414 23.7%
45–64 17,655 27.2%
65 and over 12,294 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.6%; +1.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.4B; 0.87% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,562
Establishments: 1,492

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 7,994 37.0%
Education & health services 5,232 24.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,505 7.0%
Public administration 1,178 5.5%
Professional & business services 1,170 5.4%
Other services 485 2.2%
Construction 34 0.2%
Information 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.3%
Median gross rent: $1,185
Owner-occupied: 17,738
Renter-occupied: 7,143

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,001 votes cast

Republican 18,229 58.8%
Democratic 12,275 39.6%
Other / third-party 497 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,541 5.8%
Other Indo-European 635 1.0%
Tagalog 326 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 108 0.2%
German 100 0.2%
Slavic languages 71 0.1%
Chinese 56 0.1%
Arabic 45 0.1%
Korean 44 0.1%
Vietnamese 34 0.1%
Other 26 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,881
Family households: 15,935; 64.0% of households
Married w/ children: 11,299
Single-mother households: 1,702
Veterans: 3,306; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,743 11.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,269 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,694 5.7%
Evangelical Protestant 3,456 5.3%
Black Protestant 1,170 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 15
Judges: 22 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Bridgeton, Salem, Woodbury

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 23.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023