Jury Pool Profile

Otsego County, New York

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 59,738
Median household income: $67,086
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,822 90.1%
Black or African American alone 1,405 2.4%
Asian alone 909 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 111 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 64 0.1%
Some other race alone 767 1.3%
Two or more races 2,660 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,576 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 9,109 15.2%
18–24 11,379 19.0%
25–44 11,825 19.8%
45–64 14,725 24.6%
65 and over 12,700 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.5B; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,346
Establishments: 1,538

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,977 35.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,643 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,144 14.2%
Financial activities 1,260 5.7%
Manufacturing 1,199 5.4%
Public administration 1,099 5.0%
Professional & business services 976 4.4%
Other services 492 2.2%
Construction 466 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 138 0.6%
Information 123 0.6%
Unclassified 70 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $942
Owner-occupied: 16,807
Renter-occupied: 5,801

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,287 votes cast

Republican 15,256 53.9%
Democratic 13,031 46.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,186 2.1%
German 837 1.5%
Other Indo-European 477 0.8%
Slavic languages 317 0.6%
Chinese 168 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 152 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 145 0.3%
Tagalog 118 0.2%
Other 65 0.1%
Arabic 57 0.1%
Korean 24 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,608
Family households: 13,734; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,806
Single-mother households: 1,104
Veterans: 3,341; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,946 11.9%
Catholic 6,480 11.1%
Evangelical Protestant 3,112 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,736 3.0%
Orthodox 45 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 9 (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: Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 5.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023