Jury Pool Profile
Columbia County, New York
Democratic +15 (2024)
- Population
- 61,245
- Median household income
- $83,619
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 51,938 84.8%
- Black or African American alone 1,981 3.2%
- Asian alone 1,375 2.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 100 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,738 2.8%
- Two or more races 4,107 6.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,658 6.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 49.5
- Under 18 9,974 16.3%
- 18–24 3,886 6.3%
- 25–44 13,750 22.5%
- 45–64 18,067 29.5%
- 65 and over 15,568 25.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.4%
- -1.05 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.5B
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,241
- Establishments
- 2,212
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 5,968 28.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 4,071 19.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 2,416 11.6%
- Public administration 1,820 8.7%
- Manufacturing 1,504 7.2%
- Construction 1,252 6.0%
- Professional & business services 1,175 5.6%
- Natural resources & mining 987 4.7%
- Other services 615 2.9%
- Financial activities 530 2.5%
- Information 195 0.9%
- Unclassified 109 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.4%
- Median gross rent
- $1,199
- Owner-occupied
- 19,668
- Renter-occupied
- 6,430
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 35,564 votes cast
- Democratic 20,396 57.4%
- Republican 15,168 42.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.4% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,095 3.6%
- Other Indo-European 1,102 1.9%
- German 674 1.1%
- Slavic languages 306 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 292 0.5%
- Chinese 190 0.3%
- Other 153 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 107 0.2%
- Tagalog 59 0.1%
- Vietnamese 52 0.1%
- Arabic 20 0.0%
- Korean 17 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 26,098
- Family households
- 16,884
- 64.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 12,877
- Single-mother households
- 1,565
- Veterans
- 3,363
- 6.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
25.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 6,992 11.4%
- Mainline Protestant 4,566 7.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,012 3.3%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,571 2.6%
- Black Protestant 254 0.4%
- Orthodox 60 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.2%
- With a disability
- 14.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 38.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd Judicial District Supreme Court
- Judges
- 12 (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
- Albany, Catskill, Hudson, Kingston, Monticello, Schoharie, Troy
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 17
- 33.16 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 14
NHTSA FARS 2023