Jury Pool Profile

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 1,240,476
Median household income: $76,393
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 953,922 76.9%
Black or African American alone 155,056 12.5%
Asian alone 51,337 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,217 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 285 0.0%
Some other race alone 13,678 1.1%
Two or more races 64,981 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34,884 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 232,290 18.7%
18–24 107,611 8.7%
25–44 345,877 27.9%
45–64 309,817 25.0%
65 and over 244,881 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $132.9B; 13.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $78,297
Establishments: 36,316

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 197,514 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 114,399 17.1%
Professional & business services 114,008 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 72,010 10.7%
Financial activities 48,802 7.3%
Manufacturing 34,864 5.2%
Construction 30,291 4.5%
Other services 22,809 3.4%
Public administration 21,187 3.2%
Information 11,587 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,325 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.9%
Median gross rent: $1,111
Owner-occupied: 354,840
Renter-occupied: 191,667

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 720,504 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 23,547 2.0%
Spanish 21,056 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 12,092 1.0%
Chinese 10,490 0.9%
Slavic languages 7,074 0.6%
Other 4,565 0.4%
Arabic 4,547 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,331 0.4%
German 2,963 0.3%
Korean 1,855 0.2%
Vietnamese 1,782 0.2%
Tagalog 1,275 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 546,507
Family households: 303,410; 55.5% of households
Married w/ children: 226,266
Single-mother households: 28,946
Veterans: 60,154; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.8% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 77; 7.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 74

NHTSA FARS 2023