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Jury Pool Profile

Nassau County, New York

Republican +4 (2024)
Population
1,388,138
Median household income
$143,408
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 824,058 59.4%
  • Black or African American alone 157,663 11.4%
  • Asian alone 160,088 11.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,170 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 295 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 118,042 8.5%
  • Two or more races 124,822 9.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 256,452 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

  • Under 18 300,139 21.6%
  • 18–24 115,987 8.4%
  • 25–44 335,063 24.1%
  • 45–64 383,661 27.6%
  • 65 and over 253,288 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
-1.11 pp vs. state
County GDP
$130.2B
5.61% of state
Avg. annual pay
$77,454
Establishments
56,397

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 207,910 32.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 125,419 19.9%
  • Professional & business services 81,428 12.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 65,650 10.4%
  • Financial activities 36,335 5.8%
  • Construction 32,192 5.1%
  • Other services 28,872 4.6%
  • Public administration 23,192 3.7%
  • Manufacturing 16,918 2.7%
  • Information 8,862 1.4%
  • Unclassified 3,785 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 208 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
81.9%
Median gross rent
$2,195
Owner-occupied
373,665
Renter-occupied
82,411

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 706,541 votes cast

  • Republican 368,117 52.1%
  • Democratic 338,424 47.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 178,206 13.6%
  • Other Indo-European 87,837 6.7%
  • Chinese 35,618 2.7%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 23,189 1.8%
  • Slavic languages 15,932 1.2%
  • Other 14,191 1.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 13,877 1.1%
  • Korean 11,298 0.9%
  • Tagalog 8,283 0.6%
  • German 4,234 0.3%
  • Arabic 3,616 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 638 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
456,076
Family households
351,798
77.1% of households
Married w/ children
277,233
Single-mother households
17,605
Veterans
33,524
3.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 633,264 45.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 141,553 10.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 50,134 3.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 41,488 3.0%
  • Black Protestant 17,716 1.3%
  • Orthodox 15,144 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.1%
With a disability
9.1%
Bachelor's or higher
48.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
10th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
33 (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
Mineola, Riverhead

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
66
6.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
60

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Nassau County, New York to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.