Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, New York

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 47,066
Median household income: $63,747
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,692 84.3%
Black or African American alone 1,597 3.4%
Asian alone 323 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,248 6.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 928 2.0%
Two or more races 1,278 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,328 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 9,556 20.3%
18–24 4,028 8.6%
25–44 11,778 25.0%
45–64 12,802 27.2%
65 and over 8,902 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,442
Establishments: 1,108

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,037 34.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,271 13.0%
Public administration 1,625 9.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,340 7.7%
Professional & business services 779 4.5%
Construction 562 3.2%
Other services 370 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 358 2.1%
Manufacturing 342 2.0%
Financial activities 331 1.9%
Information 141 0.8%
Unclassified 44 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $819
Owner-occupied: 13,692
Renter-occupied: 5,542

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,390 votes cast

Republican 10,569 54.5%
Democratic 8,821 45.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

German 782 1.7%
Other 731 1.6%
Spanish 638 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 283 0.6%
Other Indo-European 181 0.4%
Chinese 75 0.2%
Slavic languages 30 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.0%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,234
Family households: 12,072; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 9,077
Single-mother households: 1,241
Veterans: 2,745; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 19,038 40.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,068 4.3%
Evangelical Protestant 2,049 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 948 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.8%

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: 3; 8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023