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.
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