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Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Pennsylvania

Republican +34 (2024)
Population
105,183
Median household income
$81,071
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 94,864 90.2%
  • Black or African American alone 1,999 1.9%
  • Asian alone 906 0.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 367 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 2,832 2.7%
  • Two or more races 4,196 4.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,919 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

  • Under 18 20,759 19.7%
  • 18–24 10,415 9.9%
  • 25–44 22,648 21.5%
  • 45–64 28,957 27.5%
  • 65 and over 22,404 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
-0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.7B
0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,542
Establishments
2,237

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 7,637 23.0%
  • Manufacturing 6,832 20.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 5,274 15.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 4,618 13.9%
  • Professional & business services 1,779 5.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,740 5.2%
  • Construction 1,501 4.5%
  • Public administration 1,481 4.5%
  • Other services 1,080 3.3%
  • Financial activities 841 2.5%
  • Information 215 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
79.1%
Median gross rent
$1,084
Owner-occupied
31,948
Renter-occupied
8,463

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 60,650 votes cast

  • Republican 40,248 66.4%
  • Democratic 19,842 32.7%
  • Other / third-party 560 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 4,663 4.7%
  • Other Indo-European 411 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 314 0.3%
  • German 311 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 219 0.2%
  • Chinese 113 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 108 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 103 0.1%
  • Arabic 73 0.1%
  • Tagalog 65 0.1%
  • Other 56 0.1%
  • Korean 40 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
40,411
Family households
28,167
69.7% of households
Married w/ children
22,648
Single-mother households
1,385
Veterans
6,791
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 15,097 14.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 12,901 12.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 10,583 10.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,128 2.0%
  • Black Protestant 192 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.1%
With a disability
14.2%
Bachelor's or higher
24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
51st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
2 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction — preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)
Court seats
Gettysburg
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
10
11.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Adams County, Pennsylvania 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.