Jury Pool Profile

Herkimer County, New York

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 59,932
Median household income: $68,858
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 55,543 92.7%
Black or African American alone 584 1.0%
Asian alone 392 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 94 0.2%
Some other race alone 511 0.9%
Two or more races 2,753 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,614 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 12,336 20.6%
18–24 4,680 7.8%
25–44 13,213 22.0%
45–64 16,758 28.0%
65 and over 12,945 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,384
Establishments: 1,297

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,417 28.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,759 24.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,838 11.8%
Manufacturing 1,407 9.1%
Public administration 1,331 8.6%
Construction 724 4.7%
Professional & business services 690 4.4%
Other services 452 2.9%
Financial activities 310 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 183 1.2%
Information 94 0.6%
Unclassified 61 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $811
Owner-occupied: 19,296
Renter-occupied: 6,130

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,667 votes cast

Republican 19,557 68.2%
Democratic 9,110 31.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 682 1.2%
Slavic languages 669 1.2%
German 604 1.1%
Other Indo-European 426 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 254 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 131 0.2%
Korean 107 0.2%
Chinese 75 0.1%
Other 40 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.0%
Arabic 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,426
Family households: 15,911; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,454
Single-mother households: 1,324
Veterans: 3,634; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,475 17.4%
Mainline Protestant 5,778 9.6%
Evangelical Protestant 2,079 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,300 2.2%
Orthodox 180 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Herkimer, Lowville, Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 10.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023