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Clearfield County, Pennsylvania

Republican +51.5 (2024)
County seat
Clearfield
Judicial district
46th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
78,100
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 78,635.

At a glance

Clearfield County is a 78,100-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,276, $16,256 below the PA state median of $77,532; 20.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 28.5% of covered employment, average pay $60,161/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, level with the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 75% of the vote across the three.

Population
78,635
Median household income
$62,152
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 2%.

Clearfield County has a population of 78,635, with a median age of 45.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.1%; Black residents 2.0%. Independently, 3.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $61,276; 20.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 72,309 92.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,378 3.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,480 1.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 451 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,845 2.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 15 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 144 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

  • Under 18 14,337 18.2%
  • 18–24 5,469 7.0%
  • 25–44 19,245 24.5%
  • 45–64 22,452 28.6%
  • 65 and over 17,132 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$61,276
90% interval $56,175–$66,377
−$16,256 vs PA · 52nd of 67
Below poverty line
14.9%
90% interval 12.7%–17.1%
+3.3 pp vs PA · 7th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 8,330, Trade, transportation & utilities about 8,150.

Education & health services is the largest published sector at 28.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 26.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.25%, level with the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.0B
0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,602
Establishments
2,008

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 8,332 28.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 7,698 26.3%
  • Manufacturing 2,635 9.0%
  • Professional & business services 2,354 8.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,309 7.9%
  • Other services 1,373 4.7%
  • Public administration 1,104 3.8%
  • Financial activities 831 2.8%
  • Construction 729 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 402 1.4%
  • Information 168 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 95.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
78.5%
+9.2 pp vs PA · 13th of 67
Median gross rent
$791
−$418 vs PA · 56th of 67
Owner-occupied
25,534
Renter-occupied
6,984

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $84,051/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,116/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clearfield County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.4% in 2024, 73.9% in 2020, 73.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 40,430 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.1%23.6%
202073.9%24.5%
202475.4%23.9%
  • Republican 30,481 75.4%
  • Democratic 9,647 23.9%
  • Other / third-party 302 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (4,898 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,340 1.8%
  • German or other West Germanic 961 1.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 173 0.2%
  • Chinese 133 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 79 0.1%
  • Tagalog 58 0.1%
  • Arabic 42 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 26 0.0%
  • Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
32,518
Family households
20,539
63.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,974
24.2% of families
Single-mother families
1,383
6.7% of families
Veterans
4,898
7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

40.2% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 11,277 14.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 11,151 13.8%
  • Evangelical Protestant 8,893 11.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 727 0.9%
  • Orthodox 350 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.1%
±1.2 pp
Uninsured
5.9%
±1.2 pp
31st of 67
With a disability
19.6%
±1.2 pp
5th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
20.2%
±1.3 pp
−15.0 pp vs PA · 48th of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.2%
90% interval 6.5%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
46th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
3 (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
Clearfield
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Clearfield totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 12 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
12
18.66 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Clearfield 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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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