Jury Pool Profile
Chester County, Pennsylvania
- County seat
- West Chester
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 557,116
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 547,840.
At a glance
Chester County is a 557,116-person venue. The county population is 77% White and 5% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $130,877, $53,345 above the PA state median of $77,532; 57.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.4%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 23.3% of covered employment, average pay $67,523/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.16%, below the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 53% to 58% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 547,840
- Median household income
- $127,208
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 77% / 5%.
Chester County has a population of 547,840, with a median age of 40.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.0%; Black residents 5.2%. Independently, 8.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $130,877; 57.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.4% 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 23% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.3% of covered employment, followed by Professional & business services at 18.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.16%, below the Pennsylvania state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Chester County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 56.7% in 2024, 57.8% in 2020, 52.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
13.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.8% of the adult civilian population (20,620 individuals).