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Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, New York

Republican +8 (2024)
Population
403,840
Median household income
$96,497
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 259,798 64.3%
  • Black or African American alone 46,085 11.4%
  • Asian alone 11,475 2.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,390 1.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 171 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 38,076 9.4%
  • Two or more races 43,845 10.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93,608 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

  • Under 18 103,740 25.7%
  • 18–24 41,468 10.3%
  • 25–44 97,661 24.2%
  • 45–64 103,026 25.5%
  • 65 and over 57,945 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP
$27.7B
1.19% of state
Avg. annual pay
$62,619
Establishments
11,900

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 42,797 27.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 42,407 27.3%
  • Professional & business services 15,778 10.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 14,741 9.5%
  • Manufacturing 8,569 5.5%
  • Construction 7,506 4.8%
  • Public administration 6,762 4.3%
  • Other services 6,668 4.3%
  • Financial activities 4,422 2.8%
  • Information 2,239 1.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,500 1.0%
  • Unclassified 760 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
68.4%
Median gross rent
$1,602
Owner-occupied
93,959
Renter-occupied
43,352

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 175,189 votes cast

  • Republican 94,936 54.2%
  • Democratic 80,253 45.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 55,418 14.7%
  • German 31,456 8.4%
  • Other Indo-European 7,016 1.9%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 3,794 1.0%
  • Slavic languages 3,080 0.8%
  • Chinese 2,764 0.7%
  • Other 2,188 0.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,586 0.4%
  • Tagalog 997 0.3%
  • Arabic 902 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 511 0.1%
  • Korean 440 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
137,311
Family households
97,165
70.8% of households
Married w/ children
74,041
Single-mother households
7,454
Veterans
16,695
5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 99,928 24.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,281 12.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 13,832 3.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 13,314 3.3%
  • Black Protestant 1,515 0.4%
  • Orthodox 590 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.2%
With a disability
11.3%
Bachelor's or higher
32.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
18 (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
Carmel Hamlet, Goshen, New City, Poughkeepsie, White Plains

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
29
9.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
27

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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