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.
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