Jury Pool Profile
Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- 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?
≥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.
Economic context
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.
Political composition
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.
Languages, households, faith & health
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).