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Jury Pool Profile

Suffolk County, New York

Republican +10 (2024)
Population
1,525,680
Median household income
$128,329
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 1,051,038 68.9%
  • Black or African American alone 113,159 7.4%
  • Asian alone 65,731 4.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,033 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 268 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 134,856 8.8%
  • Two or more races 154,595 10.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 338,930 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

  • Under 18 319,324 20.9%
  • 18–24 136,018 8.9%
  • 25–44 367,429 24.1%
  • 45–64 436,376 28.6%
  • 65 and over 266,533 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
-0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP
$139.0B
5.99% of state
Avg. annual pay
$79,121
Establishments
56,343

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 181,152 26.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 139,779 20.6%
  • Professional & business services 95,747 14.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 67,309 9.9%
  • Manufacturing 50,905 7.5%
  • Construction 47,437 7.0%
  • Public administration 29,646 4.4%
  • Financial activities 27,875 4.1%
  • Other services 24,251 3.6%
  • Information 8,231 1.2%
  • Unclassified 3,708 0.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 2,794 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
81.9%
Median gross rent
$2,190
Owner-occupied
419,631
Renter-occupied
92,649

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 759,361 votes cast

  • Republican 417,549 55.0%
  • Democratic 341,812 45.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 226,484 15.7%
  • Other Indo-European 48,329 3.3%
  • Slavic languages 16,185 1.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 15,640 1.1%
  • Chinese 13,144 0.9%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 10,643 0.7%
  • Other 7,034 0.5%
  • German 5,548 0.4%
  • Arabic 3,295 0.2%
  • Tagalog 3,203 0.2%
  • Korean 3,113 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 933 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
512,280
Family households
370,809
72.4% of households
Married w/ children
288,020
Single-mother households
21,190
Veterans
51,813
4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 837,694 54.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 64,957 4.3%
  • Evangelical Protestant 55,526 3.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 48,650 3.2%
  • Black Protestant 11,020 0.7%
  • Orthodox 6,772 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.4%
With a disability
10.1%
Bachelor's or higher
39.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
10th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
33 (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
Mineola, Riverhead

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
158
13.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
146

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Suffolk 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.