Jury Pool Profile

Cattaraugus County, New York

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 76,479
Median household income: $58,248
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,357 89.4%
Black or African American alone 1,125 1.5%
Asian alone 555 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,013 2.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 710 0.9%
Two or more races 3,719 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,740 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 16,836 22.0%
18–24 6,726 8.8%
25–44 16,855 22.0%
45–64 20,560 26.9%
65 and over 15,502 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,047
Establishments: 1,778

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,288 30.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,436 16.0%
Public administration 3,673 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,092 11.2%
Manufacturing 2,514 9.1%
Professional & business services 1,685 6.1%
Financial activities 858 3.1%
Other services 847 3.1%
Construction 758 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 456 1.6%
Information 138 0.5%
Unclassified 74 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $759
Owner-occupied: 23,732
Renter-occupied: 8,090

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 34,010 votes cast

Republican 22,586 66.4%
Democratic 11,424 33.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

German 1,835 2.5%
Spanish 649 0.9%
Other 362 0.5%
Other Indo-European 252 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 155 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 88 0.1%
Slavic languages 75 0.1%
Tagalog 55 0.1%
Chinese 50 0.1%
Arabic 50 0.1%
Vietnamese 21 0.0%
Korean 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 31,822
Family households: 19,543; 61.4% of households
Married w/ children: 14,127
Single-mother households: 1,783
Veterans: 5,067; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,762 16.6%
Evangelical Protestant 6,971 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,468 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,651 3.4%
Black Protestant 220 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 17 (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: Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 21.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023