Jury Pool Profile

Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 47,503
Median household income: $60,302
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,625 96.0%
Black or African American alone 372 0.8%
Asian alone 238 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 155 0.3%
Two or more races 1,077 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 567 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.5

Under 18 9,258 19.5%
18–24 3,335 7.0%
25–44 9,997 21.0%
45–64 13,768 29.0%
65 and over 11,145 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,760
Establishments: 1,246

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,586 27.5%
Education & health services 3,102 18.6%
Manufacturing 2,806 16.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,772 10.6%
Construction 1,311 7.9%
Professional & business services 762 4.6%
Public administration 575 3.5%
Other services 522 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 376 2.3%
Financial activities 375 2.3%
Information 88 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $771
Owner-occupied: 15,435
Renter-occupied: 4,328

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,160 votes cast

Republican 23,658 84.0%
Democratic 4,336 15.4%
Other / third-party 166 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

German 706 1.6%
Spanish 331 0.7%
Other Indo-European 107 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 56 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 37 0.1%
Tagalog 13 0.0%
Other 12 0.0%
Chinese 10 0.0%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Vietnamese 9 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,763
Family households: 12,809; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 10,627
Single-mother households: 571
Veterans: 3,104; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,866 22.8%
Mainline Protestant 6,497 13.7%
Catholic 1,166 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 394 0.8%
Black Protestant 30 0.1%
Orthodox 17 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.4%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 57th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 1 (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: Bedford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 28.76 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023