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Jury Pool Profile

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Republican +0.1 (2024)
County seat
Doylestown
Judicial district
7th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
647,828
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 647,461.

At a glance

Bucks County is a 647,828-person venue. The county population is 81% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $112,331, $34,799 above the PA state median of $77,532; 44.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 29.3% of covered employment, average pay $61,233/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.74%, below the 4.25% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.

Population
647,461
Median household income
$114,764
Unemployment
3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 4%.

Bucks County has a population of 647,461, with a median age of 44.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 81.1%; Black residents 3.8%. Independently, 6.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $112,331; 44.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 517,605 79.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,668 6.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 23,810 3.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 32,447 5.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 25,579 4.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 284 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 69 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,999 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

  • Under 18 128,990 19.9%
  • 18–24 49,522 7.6%
  • 25–44 151,638 23.4%
  • 45–64 184,325 28.5%
  • 65 and over 132,986 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$112,331
90% interval $108,099–$116,563
+$34,799 vs PA · 2nd of 67
Below poverty line
6.1%
90% interval 5.2%–7.0%
−5.5 pp vs PA · 67th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 29.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.74%, below the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.7%
−0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP
$48.8B
4.84% of state
Avg. annual pay
$66,469
Establishments
21,408

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 80,979 29.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 61,243 22.1%
  • Professional & business services 30,655 11.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 29,392 10.6%
  • Manufacturing 26,200 9.5%
  • Construction 17,149 6.2%
  • Financial activities 11,219 4.1%
  • Other services 10,630 3.8%
  • Public administration 5,224 1.9%
  • Information 2,967 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 710 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.8%
+8.5 pp vs PA · 19th of 67
Median gross rent
$1,605
+$396 vs PA · 3rd of 67
Owner-occupied
193,879
Renter-occupied
55,308

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $116,474/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,077/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 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

Politically split

Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.

Bucks County was carried by the Republican candidate with 49.6% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 51.7% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 48.4% of the vote in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 401,028 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201647.8%48.4%
202047.3%51.7%
202449.6%49.5%
  • Republican 198,722 49.6%
  • Democratic 198,431 49.5%
  • Other / third-party 3,875 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

13.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Chinese. Veterans account for 5.4% of the adult civilian population (28,052 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

86.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 25,235 4.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 18,418 3.0%
  • Chinese 4,266 0.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 2,081 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 2,028 0.3%
  • Korean 1,724 0.3%
  • Arabic 1,601 0.3%
  • Tagalog 1,341 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 977 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
249,187
Family households
178,036
71.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
53,010
29.8% of families
Single-mother families
9,183
5.2% of families
Veterans
28,052
5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

50.9% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 223,169 34.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 43,152 6.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 38,900 6.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 21,846 3.4%
  • Orthodox 1,338 0.2%
  • Black Protestant 910 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.1%
±0.3 pp
Uninsured
3.9%
±0.3 pp
57th of 67
With a disability
11.5%
±0.3 pp
64th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
44.8%
±0.7 pp
+9.6 pp vs PA · 5th of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
5.5%
90% interval 5.1%–5.9% · 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
7th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
14 (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
Doylestown
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Bucks totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
45
8.68 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
41

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bucks 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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