Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 44,099
Median household income: $56,898
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,575 96.5%
Black or African American alone 207 0.5%
Asian alone 109 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 155 0.4%
Two or more races 1,030 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 433 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 9,447 21.4%
18–24 3,156 7.2%
25–44 9,958 22.6%
45–64 11,968 27.1%
65 and over 9,570 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,283
Establishments: 1,202

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,622 25.1%
Education & health services 3,258 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,523 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,147 7.9%
Professional & business services 1,028 7.1%
Natural resources & mining 681 4.7%
Other services 581 4.0%
Public administration 560 3.9%
Construction 476 3.3%
Financial activities 305 2.1%
Information 120 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.2%
Median gross rent: $746
Owner-occupied: 13,503
Renter-occupied: 4,704

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,129 votes cast

Republican 18,235 78.8%
Democratic 4,707 20.4%
Other / third-party 187 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

German 1,579 3.8%
Spanish 134 0.3%
Chinese 84 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.2%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.1%
Other 24 0.1%
Slavic languages 17 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,207
Family households: 11,507; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 9,041
Single-mother households: 953
Veterans: 2,804; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 8,325 18.7%
Catholic 6,314 14.2%
Evangelical Protestant 5,778 13.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 672 1.5%
Black Protestant 150 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 54th 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: Brookville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 20.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023