Jury Pool Profile

Queens County, New York

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 2,330,124
Median household income: $84,961
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 660,474 28.3%
Black or African American alone 405,167 17.4%
Asian alone 606,946 26.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16,563 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,661 0.1%
Some other race alone 377,656 16.2%
Two or more races 261,657 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 650,071 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 460,935 19.8%
18–24 171,116 7.3%
25–44 673,018 28.9%
45–64 625,275 26.8%
65 and over 399,780 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $143.1B; 6.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,719
Establishments: 58,150

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 285,968 37.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 163,628 21.2%
Professional & business services 64,053 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 63,691 8.3%
Public administration 54,659 7.1%
Construction 50,770 6.6%
Financial activities 28,340 3.7%
Other services 26,136 3.4%
Manufacturing 15,623 2.0%
Information 7,588 1.0%
Unclassified 5,046 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 114 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 44.9%
Median gross rent: $1,915
Owner-occupied: 371,778
Renter-occupied: 456,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 701,910 votes cast

Democratic 437,282 62.3%
Republican 264,628 37.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

44.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 510,585 23.2%
Other Indo-European 221,067 10.1%
Chinese 209,205 9.5%
Slavic languages 71,258 3.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 40,116 1.8%
Korean 39,530 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 36,611 1.7%
Tagalog 31,150 1.4%
Other 24,630 1.1%
Arabic 19,528 0.9%
German 7,289 0.3%
Vietnamese 3,876 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 828,230
Family households: 552,128; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 367,311
Single-mother households: 43,781
Veterans: 36,996; 2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 753,394 31.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 326,570 13.6%
Evangelical Protestant 114,779 4.8%
Black Protestant 53,134 2.2%
Mainline Protestant 40,153 1.7%
Orthodox 22,183 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 30 (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: Queens

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 79; 4.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 75

NHTSA FARS 2023