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Jury Pool Profile

Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Republican +38 (2024)
Population
126,967
Median household income
$56,093
Unemployment
5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 114,397 90.1%
  • Black or African American alone 5,156 4.1%
  • Asian alone 578 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 89 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 78 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 706 0.6%
  • Two or more races 5,963 4.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,707 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

  • Under 18 24,555 19.3%
  • 18–24 8,790 6.9%
  • 25–44 29,417 23.2%
  • 45–64 36,059 28.4%
  • 65 and over 28,146 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.3%
+1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP
$5.4B
0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,069
Establishments
2,734

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 10,190 26.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 8,454 22.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,357 14.1%
  • Manufacturing 3,496 9.2%
  • Professional & business services 2,372 6.3%
  • Public administration 2,009 5.3%
  • Construction 1,622 4.3%
  • Other services 1,204 3.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,063 2.8%
  • Financial activities 999 2.6%
  • Information 340 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.5%
Median gross rent
$771
Owner-occupied
39,828
Renter-occupied
15,134

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 63,472 votes cast

  • Republican 43,633 68.7%
  • Democratic 19,548 30.8%
  • Other / third-party 291 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,190 1.0%
  • Other Indo-European 450 0.4%
  • German 351 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 333 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 285 0.2%
  • Arabic 186 0.2%
  • Chinese 177 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 158 0.1%
  • Other 122 0.1%
  • Tagalog 51 0.0%
  • Korean 39 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
54,962
Family households
33,426
60.8% of households
Married w/ children
24,200
Single-mother households
2,663
Veterans
7,322
7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 16,377 12.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 14,631 11.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 13,075 10.2%
  • Black Protestant 910 0.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 523 0.4%
  • Orthodox 112 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.6%
With a disability
20.3%
Bachelor's or higher
18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
14th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
5 (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
Uniontown
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
20
19.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
16

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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