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Jury Pool Profile

Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Republican +72.6 (2024)
County seat
McConnellsburg
Judicial district
39th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
14,483
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,531.

At a glance

Fulton County is a 14,483-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $69,381, $8,151 below the PA state median of $77,532; 17.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 42.6% of covered employment, average pay $72,197/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, below the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 84% to 86% of the vote across the three.

Population
14,531
Median household income
$65,836
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 1%.

Fulton County has a population of 14,531, with a median age of 46.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.6%; Black residents 1.3%. Independently, 1.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $69,381; 17.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 13,546 93.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 188 1.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 187 1.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 33 0.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 404 2.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 167 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

  • Under 18 2,865 19.7%
  • 18–24 1,010 7.0%
  • 25–44 3,195 22.0%
  • 45–64 4,146 28.5%
  • 65 and over 3,315 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$69,381
90% interval $64,385–$74,377
−$8,151 vs PA · 29th of 67
Below poverty line
10.7%
90% interval 8.3%–13.1%
−0.9 pp vs PA · 46th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 43% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 42.6% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, below the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
−0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP
$831.1M
0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,983
Establishments
324

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 2,297 42.6%
  • Education & health services 916 17.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 568 10.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 372 6.9%
  • Construction 353 6.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 206 3.8%
  • Other services 156 2.9%
  • Public administration 77 1.4%
  • Professional & business services 65 1.2%
  • Financial activities 63 1.2%
  • Information 27 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 94.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.6%
+8.3 pp vs PA · 20th of 67
Median gross rent
$809
−$400 vs PA · 47th of 67
Owner-occupied
4,920
Renter-occupied
1,419

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $85,298/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,483/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 85%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Fulton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.1% in 2024, 85.5% in 2020, 84.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,177 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201684.2%13.4%
202085.5%13.6%
202486.1%13.5%
  • Republican 7,039 86.1%
  • Democratic 1,102 13.5%
  • Other / third-party 36 0.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (747 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 43 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 31 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.2%
  • Chinese 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
6,339
Family households
4,195
66.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,116
26.6% of families
Single-mother families
291
6.9% of families
Veterans
747
6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

29.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,149 14.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,606 11.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217 1.5%
  • Catholic 196 1.3%
  • Black Protestant 76 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.9%
±1.2 pp
Uninsured
5.1%
±1.2 pp
38th of 67
With a disability
17.1%
±1.1 pp
20th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
17.7%
±1.6 pp
−17.5 pp vs PA · 62nd of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.2%
90% interval 6.3%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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 counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Fulton totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
2
17.14 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Fulton 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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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