Jury Pool Profile

Forest County, Pennsylvania

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 6,785
Median household income: $50,061
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,362 79.0%
Black or African American alone 949 14.0%
Asian alone 42 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 156 2.3%
Two or more races 251 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 338 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.6

Under 18 247 3.6%
18–24 590 8.7%
25–44 2,269 33.4%
45–64 2,051 30.2%
65 and over 1,628 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $269.7M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,723
Establishments: 144

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 372 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 166 8.9%
Manufacturing 159 8.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 149 8.0%
Public administration 45 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 36 1.9%
Other services 24 1.3%
Professional & business services 11 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 1,495
Renter-occupied: 449

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,650 votes cast

Republican 1,902 71.8%
Democratic 724 27.3%
Other / third-party 24 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 245 3.6%
Other 54 0.8%
German 53 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 37 0.5%
Other Indo-European 23 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.2%
Arabic 9 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,944
Family households: 1,063; 54.7% of households
Married w/ children: 904
Single-mother households: 48
Veterans: 527; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

22.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 936 13.4%
Mainline Protestant 565 8.1%
Catholic 75 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 23.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th 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: Tionesta, Warren

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023