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Jury Pool Profile

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Republican +39.2 (2024)
County seat
Meadville
Judicial district
30th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
81,792
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 82,716.

At a glance

Crawford County is an 81,792-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $58,757, $18,775 below the PA state median of $77,532; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.9% of covered employment, average pay $57,809/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.18%, below the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
82,716
Median household income
$60,476
Unemployment
4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.

Crawford County has a population of 82,716, with a median age of 44.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.3%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 1.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $58,757; 21.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 76,806 92.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,327 1.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,077 1.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 454 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,591 3.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 409 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44

  • Under 18 17,004 20.6%
  • 18–24 7,062 8.5%
  • 25–44 18,016 21.8%
  • 45–64 21,851 26.4%
  • 65 and over 18,783 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$58,757
90% interval $55,019–$62,495
−$18,775 vs PA · 64th of 67
Below poverty line
16.8%
90% interval 14.9%–18.7%
+5.2 pp vs PA · 4th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and manufacturing

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 8,039 jobs; Manufacturing, 6,870, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.9% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 23.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.18%, below the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.2%
−0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.7B
0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,447
Establishments
2,106

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 8,039 27.9%
  • Manufacturing 6,870 23.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4,527 15.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,422 8.4%
  • Public administration 1,675 5.8%
  • Professional & business services 1,272 4.4%
  • Other services 1,229 4.3%
  • Construction 893 3.1%
  • Financial activities 631 2.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 616 2.1%
  • Information 335 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 99.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.7%
+5.4 pp vs PA · 37th of 67
Median gross rent
$802
−$407 vs PA · 51st of 67
Owner-occupied
25,276
Renter-occupied
8,562

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $65,417/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,412/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.

Crawford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.2% in 2024, 68.0% in 2020, 67.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 42,872 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.2%28.7%
202068.0%30.8%
202469.2%30.0%
  • Republican 29,685 69.2%
  • Democratic 12,858 30.0%
  • Other / third-party 329 0.8%

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'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 9.3% of the adult civilian population (6,139 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 3,310 4.2%
  • Spanish 497 0.6%
  • Chinese 172 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 83 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 75 0.1%
  • Tagalog 26 0.0%
  • Korean 18 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
33,838
Family households
21,767
64.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
5,087
23.4% of families
Single-mother families
1,689
7.8% of families
Veterans
6,139
9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

40.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 15,447 18.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 10,393 12.4%
  • Catholic 6,538 7.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 783 0.9%
  • Black Protestant 502 0.6%
  • Orthodox 134 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.0%
±0.7 pp
Uninsured
9.0%
±0.7 pp
8th of 67
With a disability
17.8%
±0.7 pp
12th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
21.1%
±1.1 pp
−14.1 pp vs PA · 43rd of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.6%
90% interval 9.5%–11.7% · 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
30th 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
Meadville
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Crawford totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 14 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
14
21.31 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
11

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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