Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Pennsylvania

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 195,870
Median household income: $86,775
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 183,784 93.8%
Black or African American alone 2,032 1.0%
Asian alone 2,678 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 223 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,128 0.6%
Two or more races 6,006 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,799 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 38,155 19.5%
18–24 17,110 8.7%
25–44 46,222 23.6%
45–64 55,056 28.1%
65 and over 39,327 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $14.5B; 1.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,579
Establishments: 5,418

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 19,924 22.5%
Education & health services 19,656 22.2%
Professional & business services 12,322 13.9%
Manufacturing 10,799 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 8,745 9.9%
Construction 4,480 5.1%
Public administration 3,544 4.0%
Other services 3,045 3.4%
Financial activities 2,453 2.8%
Information 1,244 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,036 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $1,018
Owner-occupied: 61,287
Renter-occupied: 18,958

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 121,440 votes cast

Republican 79,773 65.7%
Democratic 40,661 33.5%
Other / third-party 1,006 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,185 1.2%
Other Indo-European 1,195 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 627 0.3%
Chinese 518 0.3%
Slavic languages 498 0.3%
German 371 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 211 0.1%
Other 139 0.1%
Vietnamese 123 0.1%
Korean 101 0.1%
Arabic 51 0.0%
Tagalog 36 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 80,245
Family households: 51,623; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 42,914
Single-mother households: 2,753
Veterans: 11,546; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 58,766 30.3%
Evangelical Protestant 22,525 11.6%
Mainline Protestant 20,757 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,329 1.2%
Orthodox 192 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.8%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 50th 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: Butler

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 25; 15.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023