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Jury Pool Profile

Ontario County, New York

Republican +1 (2024)
Population
112,405
Median household income
$79,814
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 100,594 89.5%
  • Black or African American alone 2,598 2.3%
  • Asian alone 1,514 1.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 59 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,822 1.6%
  • Two or more races 5,818 5.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,260 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

  • Under 18 21,902 19.5%
  • 18–24 9,949 8.9%
  • 25–44 25,317 22.5%
  • 45–64 31,046 27.6%
  • 65 and over 24,191 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
-0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.9B
0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay
$64,047
Establishments
3,312

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 13,817 25.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 11,171 20.7%
  • Professional & business services 6,315 11.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 6,262 11.6%
  • Manufacturing 6,229 11.6%
  • Construction 3,412 6.3%
  • Public administration 2,169 4.0%
  • Other services 1,440 2.7%
  • Financial activities 1,278 2.4%
  • Information 689 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 652 1.2%
  • Unclassified 113 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.8%
Median gross rent
$1,126
Owner-occupied
34,718
Renter-occupied
12,966

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 59,741 votes cast

  • Republican 30,221 50.6%
  • Democratic 29,520 49.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 3,156 2.9%
  • Other Indo-European 1,412 1.3%
  • German 1,053 1.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 443 0.4%
  • Chinese 246 0.2%
  • Arabic 246 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 180 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 93 0.1%
  • Other 87 0.1%
  • Korean 73 0.1%
  • Tagalog 67 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
47,684
Family households
29,457
61.8% of households
Married w/ children
22,607
Single-mother households
2,662
Veterans
6,406
7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 31,451 28.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 10,161 9.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 5,287 4.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,053 0.9%
  • Black Protestant 534 0.5%
  • Orthodox 290 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.8%
With a disability
15.0%
Bachelor's or higher
37.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
7th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
14 (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
Auburn, Bath, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Lyons, Penn Yan, Rochester, Waterloo

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
21
23.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
19

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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