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Jury Pool Profile

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Republican +10 (2024)
Population
264,422
Median household income
$85,634
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 220,547 83.4%
  • Black or African American alone 11,848 4.5%
  • Asian alone 13,815 5.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 4,111 1.6%
  • Two or more races 13,961 5.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,913 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

  • Under 18 54,128 20.5%
  • 18–24 26,291 9.9%
  • 25–44 67,981 25.7%
  • 45–64 66,298 25.1%
  • 65 and over 49,724 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
-0.98 pp vs. state
County GDP
$23.1B
2.29% of state
Avg. annual pay
$65,149
Establishments
6,995

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 39,348 28.6%
  • Education & health services 30,672 22.3%
  • Professional & business services 20,048 14.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 11,799 8.6%
  • Manufacturing 8,906 6.5%
  • Public administration 7,577 5.5%
  • Financial activities 7,483 5.4%
  • Construction 5,110 3.7%
  • Other services 4,879 3.5%
  • Information 1,078 0.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 473 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
71.4%
Median gross rent
$1,184
Owner-occupied
75,073
Renter-occupied
30,114

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 148,396 votes cast

  • Republican 80,267 54.1%
  • Democratic 66,255 44.6%
  • Other / third-party 1,874 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 6,354 2.5%
  • Other Indo-European 5,438 2.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 3,129 1.2%
  • German 2,459 1.0%
  • Arabic 1,392 0.6%
  • Slavic languages 1,351 0.5%
  • Other 1,233 0.5%
  • Chinese 955 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 828 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 637 0.3%
  • Korean 502 0.2%
  • Tagalog 500 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
105,187
Family households
66,428
63.2% of households
Married w/ children
53,663
Single-mother households
5,190
Veterans
17,666
8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.7% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 34,026 13.1%
  • Catholic 33,953 13.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 31,731 12.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,847 2.6%
  • Orthodox 1,180 0.5%
  • Black Protestant 436 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.6%
With a disability
12.8%
Bachelor's or higher
39.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
9 (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
Carlisle
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
22
10.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
22

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Cumberland 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.