Jury Pool Profile
Westchester County, New York
Democratic +26 (2024)
- Population
- 996,888
- Median household income
- $118,411
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 545,304 54.7%
- Black or African American alone 139,205 14.0%
- Asian alone 61,001 6.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,191 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 158 0.0%
- Some other race alone 133,034 13.3%
- Two or more races 112,995 11.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 269,085 27.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.5
- Under 18 214,739 21.5%
- 18–24 84,947 8.5%
- 25–44 244,517 24.5%
- 45–64 276,057 27.7%
- 65 and over 176,628 17.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.4%
- -1.07 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $120.2B
- 5.17% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $94,317
- Establishments
- 37,722
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 129,510 30.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 77,870 18.1%
- Professional & business services 62,932 14.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 41,135 9.6%
- Construction 27,907 6.5%
- Financial activities 27,301 6.4%
- Public administration 23,204 5.4%
- Other services 19,489 4.5%
- Manufacturing 10,732 2.5%
- Information 6,456 1.5%
- Unclassified 2,292 0.5%
- Natural resources & mining 417 0.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 62.2%
- Median gross rent
- $1,876
- Owner-occupied
- 230,294
- Renter-occupied
- 139,962
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 455,229 votes cast
- Democratic 287,434 63.1%
- Republican 167,795 36.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
65.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 196,271 20.8%
- Other Indo-European 50,580 5.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 13,102 1.4%
- Slavic languages 11,785 1.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 10,852 1.2%
- Other 10,718 1.1%
- Chinese 9,924 1.1%
- German 5,698 0.6%
- Arabic 5,310 0.6%
- Tagalog 5,187 0.5%
- Korean 4,289 0.5%
- Vietnamese 387 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 370,256
- Family households
- 252,444
- 68.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 190,435
- Single-mother households
- 20,253
- Veterans
- 23,744
- 3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
60.0% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 412,652 41.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 85,145 8.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 38,402 3.8%
- Mainline Protestant 37,443 3.7%
- Black Protestant 22,474 2.2%
- Orthodox 6,765 0.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.0%
- With a disability
- 10.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 52.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 9th Judicial District Supreme Court
- Judges
- 18 (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
- Carmel Hamlet, Goshen, New City, Poughkeepsie, White Plains
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 39
- 4.99 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 35
NHTSA FARS 2023