Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 65,055
Median household income: $61,992
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 60,095 92.4%
Black or African American alone 1,254 1.9%
Asian alone 663 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 126 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 212 0.3%
Some other race alone 533 0.8%
Two or more races 2,172 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,393 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 11,493 17.7%
18–24 9,724 14.9%
25–44 14,143 21.7%
45–64 16,537 25.4%
65 and over 13,158 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,569
Establishments: 1,571

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,457 26.5%
Education & health services 4,352 17.8%
Manufacturing 3,821 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,735 11.2%
Professional & business services 2,566 10.5%
Construction 918 3.8%
Other services 757 3.1%
Public administration 703 2.9%
Financial activities 673 2.8%
Information 263 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 144 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.4%
Median gross rent: $904
Owner-occupied: 18,222
Renter-occupied: 7,652

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,576 votes cast

Republican 21,190 65.0%
Democratic 11,083 34.0%
Other / third-party 303 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 561 0.9%
German 399 0.6%
Other Indo-European 270 0.4%
Other 217 0.3%
Chinese 169 0.3%
Slavic languages 135 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 53 0.1%
Tagalog 42 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 42 0.1%
Vietnamese 19 0.0%
Arabic 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,874
Family households: 15,822; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 11,907
Single-mother households: 1,309
Veterans: 3,511; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 11,925 18.4%
Evangelical Protestant 6,467 10.0%
Catholic 5,456 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 944 1.5%
Orthodox 75 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.7%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 2 (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: Bloomsburg, Danville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 18.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023