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Jury Pool Profile

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Republican +0 (2024)
Population
645,993
Median household income
$111,951
Unemployment
3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 532,197 82.4%
  • Black or African American alone 24,211 3.7%
  • Asian alone 31,685 4.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 796 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 82 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 17,874 2.8%
  • Two or more races 39,148 6.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,952 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

  • Under 18 129,878 20.1%
  • 18–24 49,713 7.7%
  • 25–44 150,148 23.2%
  • 45–64 187,333 29.0%
  • 65 and over 128,921 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.7%
-0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP
$48.8B
4.84% of state
Avg. annual pay
$64,953
Establishments
21,271

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 78,661 28.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 60,972 22.2%
  • Professional & business services 30,791 11.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 29,029 10.6%
  • Manufacturing 26,806 9.8%
  • Construction 17,078 6.2%
  • Financial activities 11,072 4.0%
  • Other services 10,668 3.9%
  • Public administration 5,262 1.9%
  • Information 3,232 1.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 701 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
78.0%
Median gross rent
$1,537
Owner-occupied
193,222
Renter-occupied
54,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 401,028 votes cast

  • Republican 198,722 49.6%
  • Democratic 198,431 49.5%
  • Other / third-party 3,875 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 23,497 3.8%
  • Slavic languages 18,464 3.0%
  • Other Indo-European 17,378 2.8%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 5,604 0.9%
  • Chinese 3,799 0.6%
  • Other 2,917 0.5%
  • German 2,503 0.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,842 0.3%
  • Korean 1,683 0.3%
  • Arabic 1,590 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 1,006 0.2%
  • Tagalog 922 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
247,674
Family households
176,608
71.3% of households
Married w/ children
142,443
Single-mother households
9,961
Veterans
29,499
5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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%
With a disability
10.9%
Bachelor's or higher
43.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
49
9.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
47

NHTSA FARS 2023

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