Jury Pool Profile

Berks County, Pennsylvania

Republican +12 (2024)

Population: 429,989
Median household income: $77,684
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 310,830 72.3%
Black or African American alone 20,358 4.7%
Asian alone 5,885 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,308 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 82 0.0%
Some other race alone 39,159 9.1%
Two or more races 51,367 11.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 103,077 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 95,121 22.1%
18–24 40,857 9.5%
25–44 105,214 24.5%
45–64 112,616 26.2%
65 and over 76,181 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $26.6B; 2.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,608
Establishments: 8,917

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 44,030 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 36,438 21.0%
Manufacturing 31,477 18.1%
Professional & business services 19,833 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 14,965 8.6%
Construction 7,460 4.3%
Financial activities 5,576 3.2%
Other services 5,488 3.2%
Public administration 4,453 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 2,688 1.5%
Information 874 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $1,143
Owner-occupied: 114,882
Renter-occupied: 46,819

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 209,838 votes cast

Republican 116,677 55.6%
Democratic 91,125 43.4%
Other / third-party 2,036 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

79.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 68,175 16.8%
Other Indo-European 3,409 0.8%
German 3,217 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,312 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,207 0.3%
Other 1,155 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 886 0.2%
Vietnamese 861 0.2%
Chinese 576 0.1%
Tagalog 463 0.1%
Arabic 226 0.1%
Korean 122 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 161,701
Family households: 107,754; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 77,762
Single-mother households: 11,993
Veterans: 19,224; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 83,923 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 54,415 12.7%
Evangelical Protestant 46,057 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,688 2.0%
Orthodox 1,362 0.3%
Black Protestant 1,270 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 13 (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: Reading

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 51; 15.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 47

NHTSA FARS 2023