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Jury Pool Profile

New York County, New York

Democratic +65 (2024)
Population
1,627,788
Median household income
$104,553
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 820,395 50.4%
  • Black or African American alone 227,801 14.0%
  • Asian alone 201,924 12.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,405 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 834 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 196,082 12.0%
  • Two or more races 173,347 10.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 395,429 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

  • Under 18 229,519 14.1%
  • 18–24 137,841 8.5%
  • 25–44 581,585 35.7%
  • 45–64 389,503 23.9%
  • 65 and over 289,340 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1006.7B
43.35% of state
Avg. annual pay
$165,086
Establishments
129,635

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Professional & business services 587,079 23.8%
  • Education & health services 460,348 18.7%
  • Financial activities 409,598 16.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 278,700 11.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 240,488 9.7%
  • Information 191,801 7.8%
  • Other services 95,275 3.9%
  • Public administration 89,118 3.6%
  • Construction 36,086 1.5%
  • Manufacturing 16,354 0.7%
  • Unclassified 7,296 0.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 196 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
24.7%
Median gross rent
$2,132
Owner-occupied
191,643
Renter-occupied
583,733

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 647,703 votes cast

  • Democratic 533,782 82.4%
  • Republican 113,921 17.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

62.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 302,930 19.4%
  • Chinese 79,196 5.1%
  • Other Indo-European 54,798 3.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 36,391 2.3%
  • Slavic languages 26,193 1.7%
  • Other 22,412 1.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 19,561 1.3%
  • Korean 10,911 0.7%
  • German 9,792 0.6%
  • Arabic 8,325 0.5%
  • Tagalog 5,201 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,552 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
775,376
Family households
322,122
41.5% of households
Married w/ children
215,286
Single-mother households
33,078
Veterans
26,015
1.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 360,463 21.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 333,483 19.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 84,725 5.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 66,969 4.0%
  • Black Protestant 24,852 1.5%
  • Orthodox 16,253 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.7%
With a disability
11.5%
Bachelor's or higher
64.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
1st Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
55 (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
New York
Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
33
2.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
32

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for New York 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.