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Jury Pool Profile

Dutchess County, New York

Democratic +5 (2024)
Population
297,144
Median household income
$97,273
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 210,504 70.8%
  • Black or African American alone 29,383 9.9%
  • Asian alone 10,202 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,509 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 139 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 16,375 5.5%
  • Two or more races 29,032 9.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44,153 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

  • Under 18 55,342 18.6%
  • 18–24 30,422 10.2%
  • 25–44 71,690 24.1%
  • 45–64 84,327 28.4%
  • 65 and over 55,363 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
-1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP
$20.3B
0.87% of state
Avg. annual pay
$70,950
Establishments
9,032

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 37,829 33.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 21,670 19.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 12,400 11.0%
  • Professional & business services 9,650 8.5%
  • Public administration 7,032 6.2%
  • Manufacturing 6,527 5.8%
  • Construction 5,701 5.0%
  • Financial activities 4,119 3.6%
  • Other services 3,794 3.4%
  • Information 1,358 1.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,142 1.0%
  • Unclassified 552 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
68.8%
Median gross rent
$1,522
Owner-occupied
79,284
Renter-occupied
35,900

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 151,772 votes cast

  • Democratic 79,994 52.7%
  • Republican 71,778 47.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 26,003 9.2%
  • Other Indo-European 6,237 2.2%
  • Chinese 2,096 0.7%
  • Slavic languages 1,794 0.6%
  • Other 1,712 0.6%
  • German 1,639 0.6%
  • Korean 1,285 0.5%
  • Arabic 1,195 0.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,099 0.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,069 0.4%
  • Tagalog 626 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 191 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
115,184
Family households
73,570
63.9% of households
Married w/ children
56,741
Single-mother households
5,664
Veterans
11,694
4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 99,005 33.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 14,778 5.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 12,963 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,186 4.1%
  • Black Protestant 3,638 1.2%
  • Orthodox 719 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.8%
With a disability
13.0%
Bachelor's or higher
39.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
18 (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
Carmel Hamlet, Goshen, New City, Poughkeepsie, White Plains

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
26
10.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
26

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Dutchess 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.