Jury Pool Profile

Union County, New Jersey

Democratic +24 (2024)

Population: 572,549
Median household income: $100,117
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 238,727 41.7%
Black or African American alone 117,441 20.5%
Asian alone 32,111 5.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,871 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 132 0.0%
Some other race alone 112,995 19.7%
Two or more races 69,272 12.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 196,795 34.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 134,776 23.5%
18–24 47,215 8.2%
25–44 151,567 26.5%
45–64 154,147 26.9%
65 and over 84,844 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $51.9B; 6.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $84,322
Establishments: 16,571

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 56,417 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 55,609 24.3%
Professional & business services 33,633 14.7%
Manufacturing 22,076 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 18,514 8.1%
Other services 10,374 4.5%
Public administration 9,815 4.3%
Construction 9,776 4.3%
Financial activities 8,177 3.6%
Information 3,564 1.6%
Unclassified 955 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 103 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 57.6%
Median gross rent: $1,664
Owner-occupied: 116,188
Renter-occupied: 85,475

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 240,632 votes cast

Democratic 147,327 61.2%
Republican 89,063 37.0%
Other / third-party 4,242 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

53.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 159,093 29.6%
Other Indo-European 34,848 6.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 18,188 3.4%
Slavic languages 10,313 1.9%
Other 8,404 1.6%
Chinese 5,695 1.1%
Tagalog 4,900 0.9%
Arabic 3,947 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,865 0.5%
German 1,076 0.2%
Korean 1,070 0.2%
Vietnamese 744 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 201,663
Family households: 146,100; 72.4% of households
Married w/ children: 100,622
Single-mother households: 15,177
Veterans: 12,426; 2.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 201,126 35.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 46,904 8.2%
Evangelical Protestant 34,216 5.9%
Mainline Protestant 24,462 4.3%
Black Protestant 14,497 2.5%
Orthodox 3,879 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 9.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vicinage 12
Judges: 23 (Superior Court judges administered through this vicinage; vintage 2026 njcourts.gov roster)
Court seats: Elizabeth

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Jersey statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 37; 8.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 35

NHTSA FARS 2023