Jury Pool Profile

Schenectady County, New York

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 159,603
Median household income: $76,989
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 112,082 70.2%
Black or African American alone 17,273 10.8%
Asian alone 7,797 4.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 616 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 54 0.0%
Some other race alone 6,750 4.2%
Two or more races 15,031 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,855 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 34,444 21.6%
18–24 15,224 9.5%
25–44 41,221 25.8%
45–64 40,623 25.5%
65 and over 28,091 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.3B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $73,794
Establishments: 3,562

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,804 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,178 19.1%
Professional & business services 8,761 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 5,429 9.3%
Manufacturing 4,837 8.3%
Public administration 4,189 7.2%
Financial activities 2,782 4.8%
Construction 2,400 4.1%
Other services 1,582 2.7%
Information 1,009 1.7%
Unclassified 191 0.3%
Natural resources & mining 109 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.8%
Median gross rent: $1,159
Owner-occupied: 42,327
Renter-occupied: 23,997

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 71,708 votes cast

Democratic 39,733 55.4%
Republican 31,975 44.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,653 3.8%
Other Indo-European 2,628 1.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 951 0.6%
Chinese 943 0.6%
Slavic languages 625 0.4%
Other 599 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 593 0.4%
German 431 0.3%
Arabic 393 0.3%
Tagalog 329 0.2%
Korean 152 0.1%
Vietnamese 151 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 66,324
Family households: 38,978; 58.8% of households
Married w/ children: 27,594
Single-mother households: 4,278
Veterans: 7,025; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 33,069 20.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,303 5.3%
Mainline Protestant 7,483 4.7%
Evangelical Protestant 5,373 3.4%
Black Protestant 1,200 0.8%
Orthodox 333 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 6.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023