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Jury Pool Profile

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +24 (2024)
Population
576,195
Median household income
$88,576
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 371,394 64.5%
  • Black or African American alone 126,895 22.0%
  • Asian alone 35,324 6.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 651 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 326 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 13,224 2.3%
  • Two or more races 28,381 4.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,733 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

  • Under 18 127,359 22.1%
  • 18–24 56,009 9.7%
  • 25–44 147,966 25.7%
  • 45–64 146,771 25.5%
  • 65 and over 98,090 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
-0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP
$42.6B
4.23% of state
Avg. annual pay
$73,172
Establishments
14,424

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 73,134 33.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 40,110 18.4%
  • Professional & business services 27,658 12.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 21,821 10.0%
  • Manufacturing 12,944 5.9%
  • Construction 12,167 5.6%
  • Financial activities 11,520 5.3%
  • Other services 9,052 4.1%
  • Public administration 7,033 3.2%
  • Information 2,034 0.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 154 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
69.6%
Median gross rent
$1,315
Owner-occupied
150,888
Renter-occupied
65,772

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 328,172 votes cast

  • Democratic 201,324 61.3%
  • Republican 123,421 37.6%
  • Other / third-party 3,427 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 16,966 3.1%
  • Other Indo-European 15,179 2.8%
  • Other 7,367 1.4%
  • Chinese 7,318 1.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 6,820 1.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 6,537 1.2%
  • Vietnamese 2,921 0.5%
  • Slavic languages 2,741 0.5%
  • Arabic 2,414 0.4%
  • Korean 2,243 0.4%
  • German 1,580 0.3%
  • Tagalog 1,298 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
216,660
Family households
141,867
65.5% of households
Married w/ children
100,285
Single-mother households
14,729
Veterans
22,657
5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 188,826 32.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 38,432 6.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 27,696 4.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 22,650 3.9%
  • Black Protestant 5,852 1.0%
  • Orthodox 4,769 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.2%
With a disability
12.1%
Bachelor's or higher
41.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
32nd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
19 (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
Media
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
26
5.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
26

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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