Jury Pool Profile

Lewis County, New York

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 26,618
Median household income: $68,329
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,113 94.3%
Black or African American alone 245 0.9%
Asian alone 56 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 240 0.9%
Two or more races 950 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 460 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 6,150 23.1%
18–24 1,991 7.5%
25–44 6,029 22.7%
45–64 7,161 26.9%
65 and over 5,287 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,649
Establishments: 600

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,980 28.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,178 16.9%
Manufacturing 1,177 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 590 8.5%
Natural resources & mining 334 4.8%
Construction 298 4.3%
Professional & business services 277 4.0%
Other services 270 3.9%
Public administration 122 1.8%
Financial activities 96 1.4%
Information 32 0.5%
Unclassified 22 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $821
Owner-occupied: 8,812
Renter-occupied: 2,146

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,953 votes cast

Republican 9,353 72.2%
Democratic 3,600 27.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 343 1.4%
German 195 0.8%
Other Indo-European 59 0.2%
Slavic languages 36 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,958
Family households: 7,430; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,810
Single-mother households: 473
Veterans: 1,729; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,594 24.8%
Evangelical Protestant 4,235 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,076 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 257 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

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: 2; 9.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023