Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, New York

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 97,988
Median household income: $127,405
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 75,621 77.2%
Black or African American alone 3,292 3.4%
Asian alone 2,303 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.0%
Some other race alone 9,070 9.3%
Two or more races 7,513 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,676 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 19,180 19.6%
18–24 7,659 7.8%
25–44 23,134 23.6%
45–64 29,694 30.3%
65 and over 18,321 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -1.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.5B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,541
Establishments: 3,328

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,951 29.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,350 19.7%
Construction 2,782 10.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,781 10.3%
Professional & business services 2,564 9.5%
Other services 1,288 4.7%
Manufacturing 1,033 3.8%
Financial activities 792 2.9%
Information 470 1.7%
Unclassified 220 0.8%
Public administration 172 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 99 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $1,824
Owner-occupied: 29,105
Renter-occupied: 5,949

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 55,509 votes cast

Republican 31,553 56.8%
Democratic 23,956 43.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,733 12.6%
Other Indo-European 3,475 3.7%
Slavic languages 1,233 1.3%
Chinese 602 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 533 0.6%
Arabic 465 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 459 0.5%
German 446 0.5%
Tagalog 241 0.3%
Other 218 0.2%
Korean 179 0.2%
Vietnamese 23 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,054
Family households: 26,173; 74.7% of households
Married w/ children: 21,273
Single-mother households: 1,476
Veterans: 3,320; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 41,818 42.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,768 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,690 1.7%
Evangelical Protestant 774 0.8%
Orthodox 200 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 10.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 5.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023