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Jury Pool Profile

Tompkins County, New York

Democratic +51 (2024)
Population
102,879
Median household income
$73,012
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 78,993 76.8%
  • Black or African American alone 4,105 4.0%
  • Asian alone 9,811 9.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 155 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 2,835 2.8%
  • Two or more races 6,949 6.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,683 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.8

  • Under 18 14,988 14.6%
  • 18–24 26,377 25.6%
  • 25–44 23,586 22.9%
  • 45–64 21,434 20.8%
  • 65 and over 16,494 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
-1 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.0B
0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay
$69,770
Establishments
2,766

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 24,246 50.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,048 12.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 3,978 8.3%
  • Professional & business services 3,802 7.9%
  • Manufacturing 2,472 5.1%
  • Public administration 2,003 4.2%
  • Other services 1,651 3.4%
  • Financial activities 1,572 3.3%
  • Construction 923 1.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 794 1.7%
  • Information 331 0.7%
  • Unclassified 117 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
53.8%
Median gross rent
$1,374
Owner-occupied
23,291
Renter-occupied
19,978

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,985 votes cast

  • Democratic 34,631 75.3%
  • Republican 11,354 24.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 3,414 3.4%
  • Chinese 3,367 3.4%
  • Other Indo-European 2,748 2.8%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,691 1.7%
  • Slavic languages 1,188 1.2%
  • Korean 1,011 1.0%
  • German 764 0.8%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 655 0.7%
  • Other 621 0.6%
  • Arabic 245 0.2%
  • Tagalog 72 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 68 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
43,269
Family households
21,678
50.1% of households
Married w/ children
17,154
Single-mother households
2,233
Veterans
3,310
3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 9,064 8.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,985 7.6%
  • Catholic 7,256 6.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,774 6.4%
  • Black Protestant 256 0.2%
  • Orthodox 200 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.8%
With a disability
12.0%
Bachelor's or higher
59.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
6th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
9 (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
Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
9
10.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
8

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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