Jury Pool Profile

Chautauqua County, New York

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 126,329
Median household income: $56,507
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 110,294 87.3%
Black or African American alone 3,384 2.7%
Asian alone 815 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 358 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,581 3.6%
Two or more races 6,827 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,792 9.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 26,120 20.7%
18–24 11,682 9.2%
25–44 28,351 22.4%
45–64 33,701 26.7%
65 and over 26,475 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.3B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,960
Establishments: 3,224

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,328 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,243 17.8%
Manufacturing 8,218 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 5,200 11.2%
Professional & business services 3,268 7.1%
Public administration 2,707 5.8%
Construction 1,743 3.8%
Other services 1,601 3.5%
Financial activities 1,107 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 661 1.4%
Information 424 0.9%
Unclassified 111 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.1%
Median gross rent: $797
Owner-occupied: 37,020
Renter-occupied: 16,582

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 56,613 votes cast

Republican 34,528 61.0%
Democratic 22,085 39.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,506 5.4%
German 2,537 2.1%
Other Indo-European 703 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 292 0.2%
Chinese 216 0.2%
Slavic languages 214 0.2%
Vietnamese 125 0.1%
Other 100 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 63 0.1%
Korean 25 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 53,602
Family households: 31,637; 59.0% of households
Married w/ children: 22,623
Single-mother households: 3,393
Veterans: 7,594; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 20,894 16.4%
Mainline Protestant 11,825 9.3%
Evangelical Protestant 11,599 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,702 2.1%
Black Protestant 626 0.5%
Orthodox 170 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

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: 16; 15.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023