Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, New York

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 60,883
Median household income: $72,342
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 55,130 90.6%
Black or African American alone 1,504 2.5%
Asian alone 376 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,224 2.0%
Two or more races 2,585 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,790 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 11,303 18.6%
18–24 4,332 7.1%
25–44 14,804 24.3%
45–64 17,726 29.1%
65 and over 12,718 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,139
Establishments: 1,294

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,867 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,513 16.9%
Manufacturing 2,426 16.3%
Public administration 1,076 7.3%
Professional & business services 886 6.0%
Leisure & hospitality 871 5.9%
Construction 838 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 538 3.6%
Other services 368 2.5%
Financial activities 345 2.3%
Information 76 0.5%
Unclassified 60 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $1,000
Owner-occupied: 18,568
Renter-occupied: 5,686

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,492 votes cast

Republican 17,268 60.6%
Democratic 11,224 39.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,137 2.0%
German 540 0.9%
Other Indo-European 385 0.7%
Other 133 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 123 0.2%
Chinese 100 0.2%
Slavic languages 99 0.2%
Arabic 98 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 27 0.0%
Tagalog 20 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,254
Family households: 15,120; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,360
Single-mother households: 1,255
Veterans: 3,776; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,572 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,730 7.7%
Evangelical Protestant 2,430 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,093 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

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: 10; 20.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023