Jury Pool Profile

Sussex County, New Jersey

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 145,117
Median household income: $114,316
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 123,044 84.8%
Black or African American alone 3,400 2.3%
Asian alone 2,733 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 279 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,371 3.0%
Two or more races 11,290 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,039 11.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 28,394 19.6%
18–24 11,059 7.6%
25–44 34,382 23.7%
45–64 44,508 30.7%
65 and over 26,774 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.7B; 0.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,693
Establishments: 3,624

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,812 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,878 20.5%
Leisure & hospitality 5,492 14.3%
Professional & business services 3,767 9.8%
Manufacturing 2,886 7.5%
Other services 1,871 4.9%
Public administration 1,774 4.6%
Financial activities 1,017 2.7%
Construction 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.9%
Median gross rent: $1,503
Owner-occupied: 48,678
Renter-occupied: 8,650

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,629 votes cast

Republican 52,123 61.6%
Democratic 31,019 36.7%
Other / third-party 1,487 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,502 6.1%
Other Indo-European 2,209 1.6%
Slavic languages 2,017 1.5%
German 757 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 603 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 420 0.3%
Other 404 0.3%
Chinese 280 0.2%
Tagalog 252 0.2%
Korean 217 0.2%
Arabic 173 0.1%
Vietnamese 109 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 57,328
Family households: 40,771; 71.1% of households
Married w/ children: 32,671
Single-mother households: 2,269
Veterans: 5,740; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 31,540 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 6,289 4.4%
Evangelical Protestant 3,355 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,714 1.2%
Black Protestant 202 0.1%
Orthodox 85 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.5%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.0%

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: 9; 7.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023