Jury Pool Profile

Somerset County, New Jersey

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 346,203
Median household income: $135,960
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 187,337 54.1%
Black or African American alone 33,339 9.6%
Asian alone 66,196 19.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,352 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
Some other race alone 27,101 7.8%
Two or more races 30,829 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,019 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 74,097 21.4%
18–24 27,690 8.0%
25–44 84,631 24.4%
45–64 102,450 29.6%
65 and over 57,335 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $54.5B; 6.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $106,418
Establishments: 10,950

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 50,024 26.3%
Education & health services 37,951 19.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 35,735 18.8%
Manufacturing 15,552 8.2%
Leisure & hospitality 15,199 8.0%
Financial activities 9,797 5.1%
Information 7,558 4.0%
Construction 7,543 4.0%
Other services 5,595 2.9%
Public administration 4,301 2.3%
Unclassified 635 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 579 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $1,921
Owner-occupied: 96,414
Renter-occupied: 33,045

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 177,412 votes cast

Democratic 98,790 55.7%
Republican 74,101 41.8%
Other / third-party 4,521 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

65.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 43,080 13.1%
Other Indo-European 27,791 8.4%
Chinese 12,299 3.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 10,248 3.1%
Slavic languages 5,941 1.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,295 1.0%
Tagalog 3,119 0.9%
Other 2,629 0.8%
Arabic 2,257 0.7%
Korean 1,547 0.5%
German 1,294 0.4%
Vietnamese 613 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 129,459
Family households: 91,920; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 74,454
Single-mother households: 4,697
Veterans: 9,498; 3.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 98,232 28.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 34,257 9.9%
Mainline Protestant 17,276 5.0%
Evangelical Protestant 12,998 3.8%
Black Protestant 9,192 2.7%
Orthodox 1,321 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 8.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 57.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 13
Judges: 21 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Belvidere, Flemington, Somerville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 8.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023