Jury Pool Profile

Elk County, Pennsylvania

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 30,703
Median household income: $64,103
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,211 95.1%
Black or African American alone 257 0.8%
Asian alone 126 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 59 0.2%
Two or more races 1,034 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 306 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.5

Under 18 5,828 19.0%
18–24 2,122 6.9%
25–44 6,315 20.6%
45–64 9,250 30.1%
65 and over 7,188 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,545
Establishments: 960

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,538 41.5%
Education & health services 2,138 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,091 15.7%
Leisure & hospitality 929 7.0%
Professional & business services 587 4.4%
Construction 495 3.7%
Other services 490 3.7%
Public administration 420 3.1%
Financial activities 262 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 98 0.7%
Information 92 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 10,631
Renter-occupied: 2,850

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,153 votes cast

Republican 12,543 73.1%
Democratic 4,483 26.1%
Other / third-party 127 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 162 0.6%
Slavic languages 79 0.3%
Other 76 0.3%
German 73 0.2%
Chinese 60 0.2%
Tagalog 54 0.2%
Other Indo-European 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 34 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,481
Family households: 8,139; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,337
Single-mother households: 598
Veterans: 1,986; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,676 40.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,342 10.8%
Evangelical Protestant 803 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 348 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.3%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 59th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 1 (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: Emporium, Ridgway

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023