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Jury Pool Profile

Oneida County, New York

Republican +21 (2024)
Population
229,645
Median household income
$68,819
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 187,061 81.5%
  • Black or African American alone 12,818 5.6%
  • Asian alone 9,545 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 364 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 127 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 5,658 2.5%
  • Two or more races 14,072 6.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,588 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

  • Under 18 49,542 21.6%
  • 18–24 21,034 9.2%
  • 25–44 54,907 23.9%
  • 45–64 59,626 26.0%
  • 65 and over 44,536 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP
$14.7B
0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,102
Establishments
5,356

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 30,443 29.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 17,679 17.2%
  • Manufacturing 10,038 9.8%
  • Public administration 8,756 8.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 8,161 8.0%
  • Professional & business services 7,488 7.3%
  • Financial activities 5,830 5.7%
  • Other services 2,776 2.7%
  • Construction 2,211 2.2%
  • Information 672 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 433 0.4%
  • Unclassified 252 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
67.8%
Median gross rent
$917
Owner-occupied
63,966
Renter-occupied
30,395

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 100,102 votes cast

  • Republican 60,687 60.6%
  • Democratic 39,415 39.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 8,409 3.9%
  • Slavic languages 6,419 3.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 6,152 2.8%
  • Other Indo-European 2,008 0.9%
  • Other 1,575 0.7%
  • Arabic 1,241 0.6%
  • Chinese 937 0.4%
  • German 667 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 592 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 538 0.2%
  • Korean 204 0.1%
  • Tagalog 138 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
94,361
Family households
57,570
61.0% of households
Married w/ children
41,011
Single-mother households
6,669
Veterans
13,113
7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 77,564 33.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 17,054 7.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 16,108 6.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,575 4.6%
  • Black Protestant 1,440 0.6%
  • Orthodox 175 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.7%
With a disability
15.1%
Bachelor's or higher
27.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
24
13.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
23

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Oneida 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.