Jury Pool Profile

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Democratic +32 (2024)

Population: 1,249,418
Median household income: $62,823
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 733,835 58.7%
Black or African American alone 362,015 29.0%
Asian alone 40,588 3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,632 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 372 0.0%
Some other race alone 28,780 2.3%
Two or more races 81,196 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84,864 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 257,627 20.6%
18–24 103,780 8.3%
25–44 330,955 26.5%
45–64 319,388 25.6%
65 and over 237,668 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $135.9B; 14.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $75,134
Establishments: 39,269

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 202,905 28.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 125,463 17.8%
Professional & business services 107,651 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 70,900 10.1%
Manufacturing 65,007 9.2%
Financial activities 46,142 6.5%
Public administration 29,304 4.2%
Construction 23,956 3.4%
Other services 20,443 2.9%
Information 12,817 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 532 0.1%
Unclassified 31 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.1%
Median gross rent: $1,005
Owner-occupied: 327,256
Renter-occupied: 226,917

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 575,890 votes cast

Democratic 376,384 65.4%
Republican 195,164 33.9%
Other / third-party 4,342 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 52,900 4.5%
Other Indo-European 24,329 2.1%
Slavic languages 18,670 1.6%
Arabic 13,027 1.1%
Chinese 8,494 0.7%
Other 7,892 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 6,045 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,712 0.4%
German 3,980 0.3%
Tagalog 2,686 0.2%
Vietnamese 1,652 0.1%
Korean 1,446 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 554,173
Family households: 297,405; 53.7% of households
Married w/ children: 191,226
Single-mother households: 42,235
Veterans: 57,610; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 339,163 26.8%
Evangelical Protestant 200,029 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 78,337 6.2%
Mainline Protestant 69,649 5.5%
Black Protestant 66,654 5.3%
Orthodox 15,848 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 34 (Court of Common Pleas General Division judges only; vintage 2026 supremecourt.ohio.gov roster. Domestic Relations / Juvenile / Probate Division judges separately allocated in urban counties and not counted (those divisions don't hear general civil jury trials). Small rural counties typically have 1-2 General Division judges who concurrently handle Domestic Relations and Juvenile dockets.)
Court seats: Cleveland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 104; 10.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 100

NHTSA FARS 2023