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.
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