Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 85,423
Median household income: $60,779
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 77,191 90.4%
Black or African American alone 3,164 3.7%
Asian alone 274 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 838 1.0%
Two or more races 3,945 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,756 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 17,157 20.1%
18–24 6,737 7.9%
25–44 18,893 22.1%
45–64 23,028 27.0%
65 and over 19,608 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.2B; 0.42% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,927
Establishments: 2,000

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,234 30.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,908 18.3%
Manufacturing 3,272 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,752 10.3%
Professional & business services 2,124 7.9%
Construction 1,784 6.6%
Public administration 1,045 3.9%
Financial activities 1,045 3.9%
Other services 898 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 307 1.1%
Information 159 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.4%
Median gross rent: $778
Owner-occupied: 27,159
Renter-occupied: 8,846

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 47,110 votes cast

Republican 31,347 66.5%
Democratic 15,440 32.8%
Other / third-party 323 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,135 1.4%
German 993 1.2%
Other Indo-European 656 0.8%
Slavic languages 148 0.2%
Arabic 66 0.1%
Korean 52 0.1%
Other 49 0.1%
Tagalog 33 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.0%
Chinese 29 0.0%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 36,005
Family households: 22,849; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 16,531
Single-mother households: 2,302
Veterans: 5,632; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 29,540 34.3%
Evangelical Protestant 10,268 11.9%
Mainline Protestant 6,877 8.0%
Black Protestant 1,429 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 946 1.1%
Orthodox 432 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 53rd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 2 (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: New Castle

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 8.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023