Jury Pool Profile

Richmond County, New York

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 492,734
Median household income: $98,290
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 309,682 62.8%
Black or African American alone 48,956 9.9%
Asian alone 59,608 12.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,588 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 154 0.0%
Some other race alone 26,276 5.3%
Two or more races 45,470 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96,147 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 107,343 21.8%
18–24 39,979 8.1%
25–44 127,842 25.9%
45–64 134,667 27.3%
65 and over 82,903 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $23.8B; 1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,887
Establishments: 10,738

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 50,433 36.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 37,263 27.2%
Leisure & hospitality 10,139 7.4%
Construction 9,872 7.2%
Professional & business services 9,635 7.0%
Public administration 7,476 5.5%
Other services 4,923 3.6%
Financial activities 3,685 2.7%
Information 886 0.6%
Unclassified 817 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.9%
Median gross rent: $1,689
Owner-occupied: 115,534
Renter-occupied: 54,513

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 197,496 votes cast

Republican 128,151 64.9%
Democratic 69,345 35.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

64.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 49,879 10.7%
Chinese 28,386 6.1%
Other Indo-European 27,418 5.9%
Slavic languages 26,744 5.7%
Arabic 12,299 2.6%
Other 6,157 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,429 1.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,782 0.6%
German 2,389 0.5%
Tagalog 2,386 0.5%
Korean 2,147 0.5%
Vietnamese 583 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 170,047
Family households: 123,980; 72.9% of households
Married w/ children: 88,668
Single-mother households: 11,010
Veterans: 11,154; 2.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 235,324 47.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 29,547 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 19,786 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 8,996 1.8%
Orthodox 5,142 1.0%
Black Protestant 753 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 10.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 6 (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: Staten Island

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 3.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023