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Jury Pool Profile

Chemung County, New York

Republican +17 (2024)
Population
82,805
Median household income
$63,469
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 71,013 85.8%
  • Black or African American alone 4,913 5.9%
  • Asian alone 1,263 1.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 276 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 819 1.0%
  • Two or more races 4,521 5.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,982 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

  • Under 18 17,532 21.2%
  • 18–24 6,821 8.2%
  • 25–44 20,016 24.2%
  • 45–64 21,940 26.5%
  • 65 and over 16,496 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.8B
0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,216
Establishments
1,914

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 9,456 28.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 7,524 22.3%
  • Manufacturing 4,624 13.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 3,399 10.1%
  • Public administration 2,626 7.8%
  • Professional & business services 2,099 6.2%
  • Construction 1,478 4.4%
  • Financial activities 1,009 3.0%
  • Other services 786 2.3%
  • Information 386 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 193 0.6%
  • Unclassified 64 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
69.8%
Median gross rent
$1,020
Owner-occupied
24,384
Renter-occupied
10,532

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,433 votes cast

  • Republican 21,861 58.4%
  • Democratic 15,572 41.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,442 1.8%
  • Slavic languages 429 0.5%
  • Other Indo-European 410 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 359 0.5%
  • Chinese 335 0.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 210 0.3%
  • German 208 0.3%
  • Tagalog 113 0.1%
  • Other 94 0.1%
  • Korean 83 0.1%
  • Arabic 47 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
34,916
Family households
20,425
58.5% of households
Married w/ children
14,472
Single-mother households
2,227
Veterans
5,860
9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 16,703 19.8%
  • Evangelical Protestant 8,006 9.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,010 7.1%
  • Black Protestant 3,670 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,329 1.6%
  • Orthodox 135 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.7%
With a disability
15.9%
Bachelor's or higher
26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
9 (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
Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
9
13.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
8

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Chemung County, New York to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.