Jury Pool Profile

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 325,978
Median household income: $62,321
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 255,267 78.3%
Black or African American alone 17,107 5.2%
Asian alone 3,593 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 320 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 502 0.2%
Some other race alone 23,911 7.3%
Two or more races 25,278 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51,917 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 66,051 20.3%
18–24 27,812 8.5%
25–44 80,030 24.6%
45–64 87,078 26.7%
65 and over 65,007 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.6B; 2.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,901
Establishments: 7,474

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 42,536 29.3%
Education & health services 35,356 24.4%
Manufacturing 17,873 12.3%
Professional & business services 14,580 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 12,466 8.6%
Construction 5,248 3.6%
Public administration 5,162 3.6%
Financial activities 4,775 3.3%
Other services 3,810 2.6%
Information 2,473 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 460 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $958
Owner-occupied: 90,408
Renter-occupied: 43,026

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 156,150 votes cast

Republican 92,444 59.2%
Democratic 62,504 40.0%
Other / third-party 1,202 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 37,076 12.0%
Other Indo-European 2,839 0.9%
Slavic languages 2,036 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 883 0.3%
German 728 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 679 0.2%
Other 539 0.2%
Chinese 501 0.2%
Arabic 496 0.2%
Korean 186 0.1%
Tagalog 168 0.1%
Vietnamese 131 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 133,434
Family households: 81,835; 61.3% of households
Married w/ children: 55,747
Single-mother households: 10,595
Veterans: 18,477; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 119,589 36.7%
Mainline Protestant 24,385 7.5%
Evangelical Protestant 13,956 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,121 2.2%
Orthodox 811 0.2%
Black Protestant 202 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 9 (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: Wilkes-Barre

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 36; 13.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023