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
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