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Jury Pool Profile

Blair County, Pennsylvania

Republican +44 (2024)
Population
121,854
Median household income
$60,594
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 113,639 93.3%
  • Black or African American alone 2,165 1.8%
  • Asian alone 712 0.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 527 0.4%
  • Two or more races 4,721 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,781 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

  • Under 18 24,690 20.3%
  • 18–24 10,012 8.2%
  • 25–44 29,176 23.9%
  • 45–64 32,212 26.4%
  • 65 and over 25,764 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.0B
0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,266
Establishments
3,430

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 17,072 29.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 13,748 23.7%
  • Manufacturing 7,133 12.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,716 9.9%
  • Professional & business services 4,897 8.4%
  • Construction 2,696 4.6%
  • Other services 2,063 3.6%
  • Public administration 1,515 2.6%
  • Financial activities 1,391 2.4%
  • Information 679 1.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 482 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.4%
Median gross rent
$854
Owner-occupied
36,621
Renter-occupied
13,927

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 64,949 votes cast

  • Republican 46,352 71.4%
  • Democratic 18,127 27.9%
  • Other / third-party 470 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

  • German 1,393 1.2%
  • Spanish 751 0.6%
  • Other Indo-European 612 0.5%
  • Chinese 219 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 169 0.1%
  • Arabic 125 0.1%
  • Other 123 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 55 0.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.0%
  • Tagalog 42 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 32 0.0%
  • Korean 29 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
50,548
Family households
31,221
61.8% of households
Married w/ children
22,904
Single-mother households
3,206
Veterans
8,493
8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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%
With a disability
15.9%
Bachelor's or higher
24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
10
10.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
10

NHTSA FARS 2023

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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.