Jury Pool Profile

Cortland County, New York

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 46,401
Median household income: $67,527
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,001 90.5%
Black or African American alone 978 2.1%
Asian alone 644 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 532 1.1%
Two or more races 2,203 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,627 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.5

Under 18 8,687 18.7%
18–24 8,500 18.3%
25–44 10,105 21.8%
45–64 11,340 24.4%
65 and over 7,769 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,778
Establishments: 1,115

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,878 22.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,777 16.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,512 14.9%
Manufacturing 2,113 12.5%
Public administration 1,004 5.9%
Professional & business services 865 5.1%
Other services 827 4.9%
Financial activities 588 3.5%
Construction 410 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 290 1.7%
Information 115 0.7%
Unclassified 60 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.4%
Median gross rent: $911
Owner-occupied: 12,460
Renter-occupied: 6,308

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,996 votes cast

Republican 11,706 53.2%
Democratic 10,290 46.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 620 1.4%
Slavic languages 465 1.1%
Other Indo-European 359 0.8%
Chinese 271 0.6%
German 185 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 166 0.4%
Arabic 115 0.3%
Other 113 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 112 0.3%
Tagalog 39 0.1%
Vietnamese 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,768
Family households: 11,201; 59.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,232
Single-mother households: 1,140
Veterans: 2,475; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,874 19.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,915 8.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,768 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 737 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 15.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023