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Jury Pool Profile

Yates County, New York

Republican +16 (2024)
Population
24,637
Median household income
$67,521
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 23,486 95.3%
  • Black or African American alone 164 0.7%
  • Asian alone 170 0.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 194 0.8%
  • Two or more races 607 2.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 632 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

  • Under 18 5,626 22.8%
  • 18–24 2,313 9.4%
  • 25–44 5,110 20.7%
  • 45–64 6,196 25.1%
  • 65 and over 5,392 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
-0.86 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.3B
0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay
$49,380
Establishments
686

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,108 30.0%
  • Manufacturing 1,260 17.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,025 14.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 709 10.1%
  • Construction 444 6.3%
  • Professional & business services 319 4.5%
  • Financial activities 267 3.8%
  • Other services 218 3.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 183 2.6%
  • Public administration 49 0.7%
  • Information 27 0.4%
  • Unclassified 21 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
77.2%
Median gross rent
$802
Owner-occupied
7,024
Renter-occupied
2,071

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,499 votes cast

  • Republican 6,098 58.1%
  • Democratic 4,401 41.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.2% speak only English at home

  • German 3,240 14.0%
  • Spanish 370 1.6%
  • Chinese 105 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 62 0.3%
  • Arabic 49 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 38 0.2%
  • Tagalog 9 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
  • Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
9,095
Family households
6,020
66.2% of households
Married w/ children
4,969
Single-mother households
350
Veterans
1,400
7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.7% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 2,896 11.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,866 11.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,815 7.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 777 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
80.4%
With a disability
11.1%
Bachelor's or higher
25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
7th Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
14 (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
Auburn, Bath, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Lyons, Penn Yan, Rochester, Waterloo

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

New York statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
4
21.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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