Jury Pool Profile
Erie County, New York
Democratic +10 (2024)
- Population
- 950,044
- Median household income
- $71,175
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 708,613 74.6%
- Black or African American alone 120,580 12.7%
- Asian alone 43,144 4.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,731 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 211 0.0%
- Some other race alone 24,071 2.5%
- Two or more races 49,694 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,892 6.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.3
- Under 18 192,553 20.3%
- 18–24 85,110 9.0%
- 25–44 248,168 26.1%
- 45–64 245,537 25.8%
- 65 and over 178,676 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.0%
- -0.4 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $81.1B
- 3.49% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $66,971
- Establishments
- 25,097
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 123,940 26.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 91,847 19.7%
- Professional & business services 63,337 13.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 46,430 10.0%
- Manufacturing 44,526 9.6%
- Financial activities 29,681 6.4%
- Public administration 21,714 4.7%
- Construction 17,781 3.8%
- Other services 15,767 3.4%
- Information 5,419 1.2%
- Unclassified 1,219 0.3%
- Natural resources & mining 1,127 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 65.5%
- Median gross rent
- $1,037
- Owner-occupied
- 267,519
- Renter-occupied
- 141,192
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 453,425 votes cast
- Democratic 248,651 54.8%
- Republican 204,774 45.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
88.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 30,450 3.4%
- Other Indo-European 22,380 2.5%
- Arabic 9,695 1.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 7,863 0.9%
- Slavic languages 7,382 0.8%
- Other 6,833 0.8%
- Chinese 5,859 0.7%
- French (incl. Cajun) 4,091 0.5%
- German 2,185 0.2%
- Vietnamese 1,398 0.2%
- Korean 1,391 0.2%
- Tagalog 664 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 408,711
- Family households
- 233,212
- 57.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 162,973
- Single-mother households
- 25,580
- Veterans
- 45,795
- 6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
67.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 443,432 46.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 63,905 6.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,860 5.1%
- Mainline Protestant 46,061 4.8%
- Black Protestant 42,015 4.4%
- Orthodox 4,125 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 97.2%
- With a disability
- 13.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 36.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial District Supreme Court
- Judges
- 17 (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
- Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 59
- 7.79 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 55
NHTSA FARS 2023