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Jury Pool Profile

Saratoga County, New York

Democratic +2 (2024)
Population
237,075
Median household income
$99,653
Unemployment
3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 211,669 89.3%
  • Black or African American alone 3,890 1.6%
  • Asian alone 6,987 2.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 536 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 122 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 2,568 1.1%
  • Two or more races 11,303 4.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,059 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

  • Under 18 45,907 19.4%
  • 18–24 18,770 7.9%
  • 25–44 58,661 24.7%
  • 45–64 67,790 28.6%
  • 65 and over 45,947 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.0%
-1.44 pp vs. state
County GDP
$16.6B
0.72% of state
Avg. annual pay
$67,685
Establishments
6,486

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 22,834 24.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 19,917 21.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 12,459 13.4%
  • Professional & business services 11,467 12.4%
  • Manufacturing 6,562 7.1%
  • Construction 5,458 5.9%
  • Financial activities 5,128 5.5%
  • Other services 3,212 3.5%
  • Public administration 2,947 3.2%
  • Information 994 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 710 0.8%
  • Unclassified 278 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.2%
Median gross rent
$1,347
Owner-occupied
72,048
Renter-occupied
27,787

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 130,261 votes cast

  • Democratic 66,321 50.9%
  • Republican 63,940 49.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 3,751 1.7%
  • Other Indo-European 3,251 1.4%
  • Slavic languages 1,482 0.7%
  • Chinese 1,470 0.7%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,358 0.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,213 0.5%
  • German 1,212 0.5%
  • Arabic 807 0.4%
  • Tagalog 533 0.2%
  • Korean 524 0.2%
  • Other 438 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
99,835
Family households
63,462
63.6% of households
Married w/ children
50,219
Single-mother households
4,464
Veterans
13,864
7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.8% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 46,959 19.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 14,146 6.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 11,818 5.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,855 3.8%
  • Orthodox 250 0.1%
  • Black Protestant 26 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
97.4%
With a disability
11.4%
Bachelor's or higher
43.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
4th 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
Ballston Spa, Canton, Elizabethtown, Fonda, Fort Edward, Johnstown, Lake Pleasant, Malone, Plattsburgh, Queensbury, Schenectady

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
15
7.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
15

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Saratoga County, New York to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.