Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, New York

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 49,461
Median household income: $62,923
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,044 83.0%
Black or African American alone 1,540 3.1%
Asian alone 362 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 146 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,945 6.0%
Two or more races 3,416 6.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,495 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 11,423 23.1%
18–24 3,810 7.7%
25–44 12,094 24.5%
45–64 12,758 25.8%
65 and over 9,376 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,762
Establishments: 1,248

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,952 31.1%
Education & health services 5,505 28.7%
Manufacturing 2,588 13.5%
Public administration 1,197 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,087 5.7%
Professional & business services 697 3.6%
Construction 613 3.2%
Other services 483 2.5%
Financial activities 432 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 330 1.7%
Information 121 0.6%
Unclassified 75 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $921
Owner-occupied: 13,336
Renter-occupied: 5,898

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,642 votes cast

Republican 13,286 64.4%
Democratic 7,356 35.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,216 6.9%
German 1,386 3.0%
Slavic languages 436 0.9%
Other Indo-European 212 0.5%
Tagalog 99 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.2%
Chinese 69 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Vietnamese 22 0.0%
Arabic 18 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,234
Family households: 11,274; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 7,992
Single-mother households: 1,436
Veterans: 2,653; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 15,575 31.4%
Evangelical Protestant 4,080 8.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,502 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 642 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

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: 5; 13.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023