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Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Republican +52.9 (2024)
County seat
Huntingdon
Judicial district
20th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
43,001
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 43,653.

At a glance

Huntingdon County is a 43,001-person venue. The county population is 90% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $66,355, $11,177 below the PA state median of $77,532; 19.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 28.0% of covered employment, average pay $52,854/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.7%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 76% of the vote across the three.

Population
43,653
Median household income
$65,557
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 90% / 5%.

Huntingdon County has a population of 43,653, with a median age of 44.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.0%; Black residents 4.6%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $66,355; 19.2% 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) 38,975 89.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 911 2.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,983 4.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 227 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,467 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 62 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 44

  • Under 18 7,742 17.7%
  • 18–24 4,162 9.5%
  • 25–44 10,436 23.9%
  • 45–64 11,654 26.7%
  • 65 and over 9,659 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$66,355
90% interval $63,797–$68,913
−$11,177 vs PA · 36th of 67
Below poverty line
10.7%
90% interval 8.3%–13.1%
−0.9 pp vs PA · 47th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 28% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.7%, above the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.7B
0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,541
Establishments
1,036

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 3,580 28.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,120 16.6%
  • Public administration 1,680 13.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,291 10.1%
  • Manufacturing 1,200 9.4%
  • Professional & business services 658 5.2%
  • Construction 630 4.9%
  • Other services 433 3.4%
  • Financial activities 398 3.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 346 2.7%
  • Information 73 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 97.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
79.2%
+9.9 pp vs PA · 10th of 67
Median gross rent
$810
−$399 vs PA · 46th of 67
Owner-occupied
12,942
Renter-occupied
3,399

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $80,286/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,698/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 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: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Huntingdon County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.1% in 2024, 74.9% in 2020, 73.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,156 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.7%23.0%
202074.9%23.9%
202476.1%23.2%
  • Republican 17,627 76.1%
  • Democratic 5,368 23.2%
  • Other / third-party 161 0.7%

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'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.0% 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 8.3% of the adult civilian population (2,980 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 598 1.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 303 0.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 40 0.1%
  • Chinese 28 0.1%
  • Arabic 16 0.0%
  • Tagalog 9 0.0%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 4 0.0%
  • Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
16,341
Family households
10,724
65.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,786
26.0% of families
Single-mother families
704
6.6% of families
Veterans
2,980
8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

37.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 7,937 18.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,729 13.0%
  • Catholic 1,921 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 561 1.3%
  • Black Protestant 302 0.7%
  • Orthodox 95 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.3%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
4.7%
±0.6 pp
43rd of 67
With a disability
15.9%
±0.9 pp
34th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
19.2%
±1.2 pp
−16.0 pp vs PA · 55th of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.2%
90% interval 6.4%–8.0% · 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
20th 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
Huntingdon
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Huntingdon totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
8.35 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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