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Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Republican +43 (2024)
Population
156,626
Median household income
$74,946
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 137,549 87.8%
  • Black or African American alone 5,056 3.2%
  • Asian alone 1,488 1.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 561 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 4,213 2.7%
  • Two or more races 7,734 4.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,218 7.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

  • Under 18 34,639 22.1%
  • 18–24 11,472 7.3%
  • 25–44 37,525 24.0%
  • 45–64 41,703 26.6%
  • 65 and over 31,287 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
-0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.4B
0.83% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,554
Establishments
3,466

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 17,612 29.2%
  • Education & health services 12,638 20.9%
  • Manufacturing 9,030 14.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 5,067 8.4%
  • Professional & business services 4,838 8.0%
  • Public administration 3,057 5.1%
  • Construction 2,467 4.1%
  • Other services 2,031 3.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,701 2.8%
  • Financial activities 1,464 2.4%
  • Information 221 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
73.2%
Median gross rent
$1,071
Owner-occupied
46,146
Renter-occupied
16,882

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 83,884 votes cast

  • Republican 59,604 71.1%
  • Democratic 23,543 28.1%
  • Other / third-party 737 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 7,387 5.0%
  • German 1,664 1.1%
  • Other Indo-European 531 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 338 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 311 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 293 0.2%
  • Chinese 176 0.1%
  • Other 122 0.1%
  • Korean 99 0.1%
  • Arabic 91 0.1%
  • Tagalog 82 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
63,028
Family households
42,354
67.2% of households
Married w/ children
33,411
Single-mother households
3,324
Veterans
10,768
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 25,628 16.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 13,502 8.7%
  • Catholic 8,707 5.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,053 1.3%
  • Black Protestant 1,158 0.7%
  • Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.9%
With a disability
15.9%
Bachelor's or higher
24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
39th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges
3 (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
Chambersburg, McConnellsburg

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
31
25.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
25

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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