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Jury Pool Profile

Blair County, Pennsylvania

Republican +43.5 (2024)
County seat
Hollidaysburg
Judicial district
24th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
119,541
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 121,277.

At a glance

Blair County is a 119,541-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,984, $11,548 below the PA state median of $77,532; 24.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 29.3% of covered employment, average pay $59,062/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, below the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 71% of the vote each time.

Population
121,277
Median household income
$62,382
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 2%.

Blair County has a population of 121,277, with a median age of 43.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.1%; Black residents 2.0%. Independently, 1.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,984; 24.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 111,091 91.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,925 1.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,293 1.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 849 0.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,874 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 37 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 208 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

  • Under 18 24,416 20.1%
  • 18–24 10,075 8.3%
  • 25–44 29,066 24.0%
  • 45–64 31,652 26.1%
  • 65 and over 26,068 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,984
90% interval $62,270–$69,698
−$11,548 vs PA · 38th of 67
Below poverty line
12.0%
90% interval 10.4%–13.6%
+0.4 pp vs PA · 32nd of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 17,070 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, about 14,380, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 29.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 24.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.95%, below the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
−0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.0B
0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,924
Establishments
3,477

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 17,074 29.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 13,985 24.0%
  • Manufacturing 7,313 12.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,603 9.6%
  • Professional & business services 4,862 8.3%
  • Construction 2,828 4.8%
  • Other services 2,091 3.6%
  • Public administration 1,520 2.6%
  • Financial activities 1,337 2.3%
  • Information 654 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 460 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.4%
+3.1 pp vs PA · 41st of 67
Median gross rent
$885
−$324 vs PA · 36th of 67
Owner-occupied
36,579
Renter-occupied
13,979

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $75,873/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,876/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 71%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Blair County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.4% in 2024, 71.2% in 2020, 71.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 64,949 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.5%25.2%
202071.2%27.7%
202471.4%27.9%
  • Republican 46,352 71.4%
  • Democratic 18,127 27.9%
  • Other / third-party 470 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (8,437 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 1,342 1.2%
  • Spanish 900 0.8%
  • Chinese 243 0.2%
  • Arabic 170 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 156 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 94 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 49 0.0%
  • Tagalog 47 0.0%
  • Korean 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
50,558
Family households
30,587
60.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
7,793
25.5% of families
Single-mother families
2,884
9.4% of families
Veterans
8,437
8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 18,831 15.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 15,636 12.7%
  • Catholic 15,048 12.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,798 1.5%
  • Black Protestant 300 0.2%
  • Orthodox 251 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.2%
±0.7 pp
Uninsured
5.8%
±0.7 pp
32nd of 67
With a disability
15.9%
±0.9 pp
33rd of 67
Bachelor's or higher
24.4%
±1.1 pp
−10.8 pp vs PA · 32nd of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.3%
90% interval 6.5%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
24th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
5 (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
Hollidaysburg
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Blair totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 10 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
10
10.32 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
10

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Blair 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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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