Jury Pool Profile

Ulster County, New York

Democratic +19 (2024)

Population: 182,109
Median household income: $81,804
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 139,093 76.4%
Black or African American alone 11,185 6.1%
Asian alone 3,761 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 894 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 40 0.0%
Some other race alone 8,340 4.6%
Two or more races 18,796 10.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,562 11.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 31,636 17.4%
18–24 16,148 8.9%
25–44 45,133 24.8%
45–64 51,385 28.2%
65 and over 37,807 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.5B; 0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,154
Establishments: 5,871

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,786 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,829 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 8,682 14.6%
Public administration 5,699 9.6%
Professional & business services 4,325 7.3%
Manufacturing 3,388 5.7%
Construction 2,909 4.9%
Other services 2,217 3.7%
Financial activities 1,925 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,144 1.9%
Information 904 1.5%
Unclassified 307 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.0%
Median gross rent: $1,335
Owner-occupied: 51,163
Renter-occupied: 21,942

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 97,717 votes cast

Democratic 57,974 59.3%
Republican 39,743 40.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,924 6.8%
Other Indo-European 2,501 1.4%
Slavic languages 1,201 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,055 0.6%
Chinese 867 0.5%
German 845 0.5%
Vietnamese 801 0.5%
Other 793 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 709 0.4%
Arabic 219 0.1%
Korean 185 0.1%
Tagalog 117 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 73,105
Family households: 42,473; 58.1% of households
Married w/ children: 31,627
Single-mother households: 3,633
Veterans: 6,711; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 38,601 21.2%
Mainline Protestant 11,005 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,838 4.9%
Evangelical Protestant 4,785 2.6%
Black Protestant 1,770 1.0%
Orthodox 430 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges: 12 (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: Albany, Catskill, Hudson, Kingston, Monticello, Schoharie, Troy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 9.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023