Jury Pool Profile

Erie County, Pennsylvania

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 269,544
Median household income: $61,476
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 225,040 83.5%
Black or African American alone 18,596 6.9%
Asian alone 5,320 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 376 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,457 1.3%
Two or more races 16,706 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,487 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 56,338 20.9%
18–24 26,755 9.9%
25–44 65,971 24.5%
45–64 68,688 25.5%
65 and over 51,792 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.0B; 1.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,524
Establishments: 6,731

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 37,116 31.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 20,498 17.1%
Manufacturing 19,201 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 13,571 11.4%
Professional & business services 7,490 6.3%
Financial activities 6,299 5.3%
Other services 4,696 3.9%
Construction 4,160 3.5%
Public administration 4,114 3.4%
Information 886 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 427 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.3%
Median gross rent: $876
Owner-occupied: 75,241
Renter-occupied: 34,865

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 137,595 votes cast

Republican 68,866 50.0%
Democratic 67,456 49.0%
Other / third-party 1,273 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,468 2.1%
Slavic languages 3,049 1.2%
Other Indo-European 2,714 1.1%
Arabic 1,442 0.6%
German 909 0.4%
Vietnamese 614 0.2%
Other 584 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 582 0.2%
Tagalog 524 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 481 0.2%
Chinese 340 0.1%
Korean 58 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 110,106
Family households: 65,757; 59.7% of households
Married w/ children: 47,123
Single-mother households: 8,050
Veterans: 15,545; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 50,012 18.5%
Mainline Protestant 24,481 9.0%
Evangelical Protestant 21,561 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,820 2.1%
Black Protestant 2,652 1.0%
Orthodox 225 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 10 (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: Erie

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 14.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023