Jury Pool Profile
Jefferson County, New York
Republican +24 (2024)
- Population
- 116,130
- Median household income
- $64,978
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 96,742 83.3%
- Black or African American alone 5,802 5.0%
- Asian alone 2,134 1.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 482 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 273 0.2%
- Some other race alone 2,565 2.2%
- Two or more races 8,132 7.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,481 7.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 33.2
- Under 18 27,841 24.0%
- 18–24 13,647 11.8%
- 25–44 33,452 28.8%
- 45–64 24,192 20.8%
- 65 and over 16,998 14.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.22 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $8.3B
- 0.36% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $55,545
- Establishments
- 2,950
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 11,771 29.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 9,127 22.6%
- Public administration 4,928 12.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 4,531 11.2%
- Professional & business services 2,332 5.8%
- Manufacturing 1,758 4.4%
- Construction 1,708 4.2%
- Other services 1,399 3.5%
- Financial activities 1,394 3.5%
- Natural resources & mining 695 1.7%
- Information 422 1.0%
- Unclassified 111 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 54.1%
- Median gross rent
- $1,214
- Owner-occupied
- 25,278
- Renter-occupied
- 21,423
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 42,743 votes cast
- Republican 26,417 61.8%
- Democratic 16,326 38.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
91.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 4,251 4.0%
- German 1,043 1.0%
- Other Indo-European 627 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 576 0.5%
- Tagalog 482 0.4%
- Other 477 0.4%
- Korean 356 0.3%
- Slavic languages 346 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 251 0.2%
- Chinese 220 0.2%
- Arabic 40 0.0%
- Vietnamese 18 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 46,701
- Family households
- 30,478
- 65.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 23,167
- Single-mother households
- 2,820
- Veterans
- 9,485
- 12.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
29.6% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 20,448 17.5%
- Mainline Protestant 6,662 5.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 4,565 3.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,650 2.3%
- Black Protestant 126 0.1%
- Orthodox 60 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.2%
- With a disability
- 14.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 11
- 12.46 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 10
NHTSA FARS 2023