Jury Pool Profile

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 287,484
Median household income: $74,159
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 186,536 64.9%
Black or African American alone 50,766 17.7%
Asian alone 17,627 6.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,002 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 147 0.1%
Some other race alone 11,077 3.9%
Two or more races 20,329 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 32,425 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

Under 18 64,533 22.4%
18–24 23,430 8.2%
25–44 75,254 26.2%
45–64 73,378 25.5%
65 and over 50,889 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $28.9B; 2.87% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,012
Establishments: 7,552

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 53,321 28.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 36,955 19.4%
Public administration 23,793 12.5%
Professional & business services 21,799 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 18,825 9.9%
Manufacturing 12,447 6.5%
Financial activities 7,366 3.9%
Other services 6,138 3.2%
Construction 6,052 3.2%
Information 1,466 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 245 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.3%
Median gross rent: $1,153
Owner-occupied: 75,838
Renter-occupied: 43,925

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 149,526 votes cast

Democratic 78,327 52.4%
Republican 69,474 46.5%
Other / third-party 1,725 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 16,499 6.1%
Other Indo-European 7,778 2.9%
German 1,998 0.7%
Other 1,704 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,697 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,525 0.6%
Vietnamese 1,492 0.6%
Chinese 1,488 0.6%
Slavic languages 1,092 0.4%
Arabic 1,004 0.4%
Tagalog 440 0.2%
Korean 278 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 119,763
Family households: 72,908; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 51,868
Single-mother households: 7,911
Veterans: 15,348; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 41,911 14.6%
Mainline Protestant 32,408 11.3%
Evangelical Protestant 29,871 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,853 4.5%
Black Protestant 9,244 3.2%
Orthodox 1,479 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 8 (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: Harrisburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 35; 15.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2023