Jury Pool Profile

Bronx County, New York

Democratic +45 (2024)

Population: 1,419,250
Median household income: $49,036
Unemployment: 7.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 223,793 15.8%
Black or African American alone 484,151 34.1%
Asian alone 57,790 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16,746 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,094 0.1%
Some other race alone 451,233 31.8%
Two or more races 183,443 12.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 779,093 54.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.6

Under 18 347,363 24.5%
18–24 133,994 9.4%
25–44 398,364 28.1%
45–64 341,827 24.1%
65 and over 197,702 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.0%; +2.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $58.3B; 2.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,650
Establishments: 20,374

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 171,732 51.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 54,869 16.5%
Public administration 21,244 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 20,157 6.1%
Professional & business services 18,373 5.5%
Financial activities 13,577 4.1%
Construction 10,966 3.3%
Other services 10,657 3.2%
Manufacturing 4,841 1.5%
Information 2,698 0.8%
Unclassified 1,733 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 53 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 20.3%
Median gross rent: $1,436
Owner-occupied: 107,439
Renter-occupied: 422,628

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 359,844 votes cast

Democratic 261,670 72.7%
Republican 98,174 27.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

42.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 599,789 45.3%
Other 56,578 4.3%
Other Indo-European 45,505 3.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 22,447 1.7%
Arabic 7,531 0.6%
Slavic languages 5,821 0.4%
Chinese 5,285 0.4%
Tagalog 4,402 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,389 0.3%
Vietnamese 2,726 0.2%
Korean 1,547 0.1%
German 1,097 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 530,067
Family households: 331,046; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 139,793
Single-mother households: 73,836
Veterans: 22,765; 2.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 337,097 22.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 131,870 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 63,636 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 22,315 1.5%
Black Protestant 13,314 0.9%
Orthodox 2,177 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 22 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)
Court seats: Bronx

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 44; 4.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 44

NHTSA FARS 2023