Jury Pool Profile

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 375,408
Median household income: $77,493
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 250,651 66.8%
Black or African American alone 26,043 6.9%
Asian alone 13,190 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,246 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 133 0.0%
Some other race alone 36,150 9.6%
Two or more races 47,995 12.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 101,194 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 84,544 22.5%
18–24 33,185 8.8%
25–44 97,421 26.0%
45–64 95,132 25.3%
65 and over 65,126 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $31.7B; 3.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,311
Establishments: 8,954

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 64,602 32.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 44,989 22.4%
Professional & business services 28,670 14.3%
Manufacturing 20,118 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 16,827 8.4%
Construction 6,664 3.3%
Financial activities 6,305 3.1%
Other services 5,238 2.6%
Public administration 4,186 2.1%
Information 1,845 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 324 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $1,326
Owner-occupied: 93,539
Renter-occupied: 49,906

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 189,810 votes cast

Democratic 96,317 50.7%
Republican 91,207 48.1%
Other / third-party 2,286 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 66,170 18.7%
Other Indo-European 6,824 1.9%
Arabic 5,221 1.5%
Chinese 2,275 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,220 0.6%
Other 1,771 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,534 0.4%
German 1,287 0.4%
Slavic languages 1,155 0.3%
Vietnamese 609 0.2%
Tagalog 347 0.1%
Korean 339 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 143,445
Family households: 97,187; 67.8% of households
Married w/ children: 68,186
Single-mother households: 11,077
Veterans: 16,876; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 60,792 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 43,769 11.7%
Evangelical Protestant 26,151 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15,927 4.3%
Orthodox 2,922 0.8%
Black Protestant 1,060 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 31st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 12 (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: Allentown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 8.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023