Jury Pool Profile

Orleans County, New York

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 39,686
Median household income: $63,838
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,742 87.5%
Black or African American alone 1,832 4.6%
Asian alone 266 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 177 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 869 2.2%
Two or more races 1,800 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,078 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 7,591 19.1%
18–24 2,942 7.4%
25–44 9,775 24.6%
45–64 11,836 29.8%
65 and over 7,542 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,202
Establishments: 827

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,013 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,045 17.8%
Public administration 1,652 14.4%
Manufacturing 1,414 12.3%
Natural resources & mining 892 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 802 7.0%
Professional & business services 618 5.4%
Construction 424 3.7%
Other services 252 2.2%
Financial activities 164 1.4%
Information 64 0.6%
Unclassified 35 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $877
Owner-occupied: 12,539
Renter-occupied: 3,669

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,025 votes cast

Republican 12,659 70.2%
Democratic 5,366 29.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,226 3.2%
German 646 1.7%
Chinese 194 0.5%
Other Indo-European 180 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 63 0.2%
Tagalog 62 0.2%
Slavic languages 57 0.2%
Other 41 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.1%
Arabic 16 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,208
Family households: 10,291; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,676
Single-mother households: 1,113
Veterans: 2,611; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,244 15.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,561 11.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,632 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,360 5.8%
Black Protestant 510 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 17 (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: Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 24.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023