Jury Pool Profile

Chester County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 540,896
Median household income: $123,041
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 423,956 78.4%
Black or African American alone 28,466 5.3%
Asian alone 34,812 6.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 326 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 147 0.0%
Some other race alone 15,395 2.8%
Two or more races 37,794 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 44,329 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.7

Under 18 120,700 22.3%
18–24 48,540 9.0%
25–44 131,609 24.3%
45–64 146,405 27.1%
65 and over 93,642 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -1.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $60.2B; 5.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $87,886
Establishments: 16,598

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 57,180 22.8%
Professional & business services 46,390 18.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 41,663 16.6%
Financial activities 27,115 10.8%
Leisure & hospitality 22,671 9.0%
Manufacturing 17,891 7.1%
Construction 12,590 5.0%
Other services 9,380 3.7%
Information 6,414 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 4,861 1.9%
Public administration 4,754 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $1,691
Owner-occupied: 151,694
Renter-occupied: 50,711

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 324,964 votes cast

Democratic 184,281 56.7%
Republican 137,299 42.3%
Other / third-party 3,384 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 26,594 5.2%
Other Indo-European 11,912 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 8,132 1.6%
German 6,310 1.2%
Chinese 5,577 1.1%
Slavic languages 2,700 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,471 0.3%
Korean 1,331 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,327 0.3%
Other 1,268 0.2%
Arabic 756 0.1%
Tagalog 685 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 202,405
Family households: 142,790; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 118,646
Single-mother households: 8,215
Veterans: 22,088; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 164,798 30.8%
Mainline Protestant 44,010 8.2%
Evangelical Protestant 43,063 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 18,589 3.5%
Black Protestant 6,880 1.3%
Orthodox 541 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 9.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 56.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 16 (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: West Chester

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 33; 7.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 30

NHTSA FARS 2023