Jury Pool Profile

Oswego County, New York

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 117,945
Median household income: $68,461
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 109,406 92.8%
Black or African American alone 1,292 1.1%
Asian alone 918 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 145 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 63 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,265 1.1%
Two or more races 4,856 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,778 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 24,420 20.7%
18–24 13,212 11.2%
25–44 27,380 23.2%
45–64 32,358 27.4%
65 and over 20,575 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.3B; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,152
Establishments: 2,324

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,576 26.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,491 23.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,602 11.2%
Manufacturing 3,400 10.6%
Public administration 2,600 8.1%
Construction 1,528 4.8%
Professional & business services 1,206 3.7%
Other services 897 2.8%
Financial activities 880 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 356 1.1%
Information 181 0.6%
Unclassified 120 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $943
Owner-occupied: 34,837
Renter-occupied: 12,295

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 54,031 votes cast

Republican 33,548 62.1%
Democratic 20,483 37.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,743 1.6%
German 677 0.6%
Other Indo-European 526 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 343 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 342 0.3%
Slavic languages 214 0.2%
Arabic 210 0.2%
Chinese 147 0.1%
Other 122 0.1%
Vietnamese 119 0.1%
Korean 76 0.1%
Tagalog 65 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 47,132
Family households: 29,690; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 21,187
Single-mother households: 3,458
Veterans: 7,749; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 27,519 23.4%
Mainline Protestant 7,023 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 6,145 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,939 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 17.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023