Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 934,734 75.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 36,691 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 152,924 12.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 53,578 4.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 52,662 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 628 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 187 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6,773 0.5%

• Under 18 230,228 18.6%
• 18–24 107,981 8.7%
• 25–44 347,889 28.1%
• 45–64 302,193 24.4%
• 65 and over 249,886 20.2%

Median household income

$80,878

90% interval $79,025–$82,731

+$3,346 vs PA · 12th of 67

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 10.9%–12.5%

+0.1 pp vs PA · 35th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$132.9B

13.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$81,253

Establishments

36,462

• Education & health services 201,976 30.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 112,604 16.8%
• Professional & business services 111,579 16.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 72,109 10.8%
• Financial activities 48,535 7.2%
• Manufacturing 34,527 5.2%
• Construction 30,491 4.5%
• Other services 22,937 3.4%
• Public administration 21,292 3.2%
• Information 10,839 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,330 0.2%

Home ownership

65.2%

−4.1 pp vs PA · 64th of 67

Median gross rent

$1,153

−$56 vs PA · 16th of 67

Owner-occupied

355,674

Renter-occupied

190,128

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $198,335/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $37,080/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 429,916 59.7%
• Republican 283,595 39.4%
• Other / third-party 6,993 1.0%

• Spanish 21,840 1.9%
• Chinese 10,802 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7,639 0.6%
• Arabic 5,234 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4,327 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 3,371 0.3%
• Korean 1,772 0.2%
• Vietnamese 1,573 0.1%
• Tagalog 1,225 0.1%

Households

545,802

Family households

302,270

55.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

80,208

26.5% of families

Single-mother families

29,579

9.8% of families

Veterans

57,630

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 458,516 36.7%
• Mainline Protestant 104,800 8.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 95,567 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 70,025 5.6%
• Black Protestant 23,033 1.8%
• Orthodox 8,352 0.7%

Health insured

96.2%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

3.8%

±0.2 pp

61st of 67

With a disability

13.9%

±0.2 pp

51st of 67

Bachelor's or higher

45.8%

±0.5 pp

+10.6 pp vs PA · 4th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.1%

90% interval 4.7%–5.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

40 (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

Pittsburgh

Traffic fatalities

74

7.34 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

74