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Jury Pool Profile

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Republican +31.9 (2024)
County seat
Lebanon
Judicial district
52nd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
146,380
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 144,186.

At a glance

Lebanon County is a 146,380-person venue. The county population is 81% White (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $74,200, $3,332 below the PA state median of $77,532; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.9% 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 Trade, transportation & utilities, at 25.3% of covered employment, average pay $50,785/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.7%, below the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 65% of the vote each time.

Population
144,186
Median household income
$78,425
Unemployment
3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 81% / 2%.

Lebanon County has a population of 144,186, with a median age of 41.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 80.7%; Black residents 2.2%. Independently, 15.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $74,200; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 112,982 78.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,918 15.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,459 1.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,317 1.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,916 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 561 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

  • Under 18 32,492 22.5%
  • 18–24 12,002 8.3%
  • 25–44 34,324 23.8%
  • 45–64 35,843 24.9%
  • 65 and over 29,525 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$74,200
90% interval $68,327–$80,073
−$3,332 vs PA · 24th of 67
Below poverty line
9.5%
90% interval 8.0%–11.0%
−2.1 pp vs PA · 56th of 67

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 13,790 jobs; Education & health services, about 13,100, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 25.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.7%, below the Pennsylvania state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.7%
−0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.1B
0.8% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,707
Establishments
2,978

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 13,575 25.3%
  • Education & health services 12,982 24.2%
  • Manufacturing 9,736 18.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 4,662 8.7%
  • Professional & business services 3,633 6.8%
  • Public administration 1,787 3.3%
  • Other services 1,580 2.9%
  • Financial activities 4 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 89.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.3%
+2.0 pp vs PA · 52nd of 67
Median gross rent
$1,110
−$99 vs PA · 19th of 67
Owner-occupied
40,419
Renter-occupied
16,293

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% 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.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $69,839/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,430/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Lebanon County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.5% in 2024, 65.0% in 2020, 65.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 73,692 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201665.9%30.3%
202065.0%33.3%
202465.5%33.6%
  • Republican 48,282 65.5%
  • Democratic 24,734 33.6%
  • Other / third-party 676 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 12.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

12.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.7% of the adult civilian population (8,552 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

87.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 12,489 9.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 2,078 1.5%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 348 0.3%
  • Tagalog 316 0.2%
  • Chinese 222 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 204 0.1%
  • Arabic 171 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 116 0.1%
  • Korean 47 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
56,712
Family households
38,466
67.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
10,385
27.0% of families
Single-mother families
3,293
8.6% of families
Veterans
8,552
7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 19,415 13.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 18,818 13.1%
  • Catholic 11,306 7.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,747 1.2%
  • Orthodox 266 0.2%
  • Black Protestant 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.0%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
9.0%
±0.9 pp
9th of 67
With a disability
14.6%
±0.8 pp
47th of 67
Bachelor's or higher
24.3%
±1.1 pp
−10.9 pp vs PA · 33rd of 67
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.3%
90% interval 8.4%–10.2% · 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
52nd 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
Lebanon
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Lebanon totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
20
17.91 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
19

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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