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Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Republican +40.9 (2024)
County seat
Lock Haven
Judicial district
25th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
37,870
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 37,798.

At a glance

Clinton County is a 37,870-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,983, $11,549 below the PA state median of $77,532; 21.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 23.5% of covered employment, average pay $74,798/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.56%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 65% to 70% of the vote across the three.

Population
37,798
Median household income
$60,816
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.

Clinton County has a population of 37,798, with a median age of 39.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.0%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 1.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,983; 21.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 35,368 93.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 719 1.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 391 1.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 224 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,003 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

  • Under 18 7,620 20.2%
  • 18–24 5,100 13.5%
  • 25–44 8,352 22.1%
  • 45–64 9,161 24.2%
  • 65 and over 7,565 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,983
90% interval $60,626–$71,340
−$11,549 vs PA · 39th of 67
Below poverty line
14.8%
90% interval 11.9%–17.7%
+3.2 pp vs PA · 9th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by manufacturing 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: Manufacturing about 2,990, Trade, transportation & utilities about 2,710.

Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 23.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.56%, above the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
+0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.0B
0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,572
Establishments
918

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 2,992 23.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,617 20.5%
  • Education & health services 2,190 17.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,184 9.3%
  • Construction 754 5.9%
  • Public administration 669 5.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 504 4.0%
  • Professional & business services 502 3.9%
  • Other services 416 3.3%
  • Financial activities 272 2.1%
  • Information 64 0.5%

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

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.3%
+3.0 pp vs PA · 45th of 67
Median gross rent
$820
−$389 vs PA · 44th of 67
Owner-occupied
11,152
Renter-occupied
4,272

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $77,464/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,563/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 14 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: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clinton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.0% in 2024, 67.5% in 2020, 65.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,522 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201665.4%30.5%
202067.5%31.2%
202470.0%29.1%
  • Republican 12,965 70.0%
  • Democratic 5,395 29.1%
  • Other / third-party 162 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (2,416 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.8% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 1,806 5.1%
  • Spanish 322 0.9%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 77 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 39 0.1%
  • Korean 37 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 36 0.1%
  • Chinese 24 0.1%
  • Tagalog 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
15,424
Family households
9,911
64.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,563
25.9% of families
Single-mother families
837
8.4% of families
Veterans
2,416
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

33.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,924 13.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 4,241 11.3%
  • Catholic 2,922 7.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 526 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.5%
±1.4 pp
Uninsured
10.5%
±1.4 pp
5th of 67
With a disability
16.5%
±1.3 pp
24th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
21.5%
±1.7 pp
−13.7 pp vs PA · 41st of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.1%
90% interval 9.0%–11.2% · 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
25th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
1 (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
Lock Haven
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Clinton totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 5 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
5
16.57 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Clinton 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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