Jury Pool Profile

Essex County, New York

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 37,077
Median household income: $70,215
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,428 92.9%
Black or African American alone 911 2.5%
Asian alone 128 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 406 1.1%
Two or more races 1,123 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,026 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.5

Under 18 5,877 15.9%
18–24 2,282 6.2%
25–44 8,475 22.9%
45–64 10,918 29.4%
65 and over 9,525 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,601
Establishments: 1,334

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,047 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 3,000 20.3%
Public administration 2,065 14.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,017 13.7%
Construction 1,030 7.0%
Manufacturing 879 6.0%
Professional & business services 643 4.4%
Other services 473 3.2%
Financial activities 306 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 189 1.3%
Information 126 0.9%
Unclassified 46 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $890
Owner-occupied: 12,520
Renter-occupied: 3,519

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,162 votes cast

Democratic 9,629 50.3%
Republican 9,533 49.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 672 1.9%
Other Indo-European 452 1.3%
Slavic languages 394 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 232 0.7%
German 229 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 76 0.2%
Other 53 0.1%
Chinese 25 0.1%
Korean 13 0.0%
Tagalog 11 0.0%
Arabic 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,039
Family households: 9,701; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,372
Single-mother households: 720
Veterans: 2,583; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 7,897 21.1%
Evangelical Protestant 2,970 7.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,672 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 381 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 13 (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: Ballston Spa, Canton, Elizabethtown, Fonda, Fort Edward, Johnstown, Lake Pleasant, Malone, Plattsburgh, Queensbury, Schenectady

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 22.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023