Jury Pool Profile

Kings County, New York

Democratic +44 (2024)

Population: 2,646,306
Median household income: $78,548
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,038,877 39.3%
Black or African American alone 767,120 29.0%
Asian alone 318,636 12.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15,678 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,217 0.0%
Some other race alone 270,832 10.2%
Two or more races 233,946 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 499,799 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 595,037 22.5%
18–24 202,422 7.6%
25–44 845,798 32.0%
45–64 606,979 22.9%
65 and over 396,070 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.88 pp vs. state
County GDP: $145.9B; 6.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,980
Establishments: 74,847

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 474,072 51.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 129,416 14.0%
Professional & business services 72,890 7.9%
Leisure & hospitality 70,468 7.6%
Public administration 41,850 4.5%
Financial activities 35,042 3.8%
Construction 31,610 3.4%
Other services 29,641 3.2%
Manufacturing 16,279 1.8%
Information 13,349 1.4%
Unclassified 6,591 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 231 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 29.7%
Median gross rent: $1,784
Owner-occupied: 300,026
Renter-occupied: 709,570

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 835,229 votes cast

Democratic 601,265 72.0%
Republican 233,964 28.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

55.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 358,954 14.5%
Chinese 168,296 6.8%
Slavic languages 152,723 6.2%
German 108,789 4.4%
Other Indo-European 99,515 4.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 84,720 3.4%
Other 49,988 2.0%
Arabic 32,664 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 24,686 1.0%
Korean 6,155 0.2%
Tagalog 5,304 0.2%
Vietnamese 2,515 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,009,596
Family households: 599,589; 59.4% of households
Married w/ children: 370,510
Single-mother households: 70,279
Veterans: 32,381; 1.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 566,269 20.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 456,810 16.7%
Evangelical Protestant 135,196 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 66,245 2.4%
Black Protestant 44,302 1.6%
Orthodox 11,565 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 48 (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: Brooklyn

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 63; 3.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 59

NHTSA FARS 2023