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Jury Pool Profile

McKean County, Pennsylvania

Republican +47 (2024)
Population
40,149
Median household income
$61,705
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 37,614 93.7%
  • Black or African American alone 927 2.3%
  • Asian alone 194 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 268 0.7%
  • Two or more races 1,136 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 731 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

  • Under 18 7,858 19.6%
  • 18–24 3,693 9.2%
  • 25–44 9,014 22.5%
  • 45–64 11,349 28.3%
  • 65 and over 8,235 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
+0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.2B
0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,225
Establishments
1,061

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 3,564 25.6%
  • Manufacturing 2,884 20.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,618 18.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,179 8.5%
  • Public administration 885 6.4%
  • Professional & business services 840 6.0%
  • Construction 562 4.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 475 3.4%
  • Other services 455 3.3%
  • Financial activities 254 1.8%
  • Information 74 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
78.7%
Median gross rent
$769
Owner-occupied
12,753
Renter-occupied
3,451

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,682 votes cast

  • Republican 14,401 73.2%
  • Democratic 5,115 26.0%
  • Other / third-party 166 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 432 1.1%
  • German 158 0.4%
  • Chinese 80 0.2%
  • Other 75 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 74 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 35 0.1%
  • Tagalog 26 0.1%
  • Korean 15 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
16,204
Family households
10,162
62.7% of households
Married w/ children
7,744
Single-mother households
703
Veterans
2,642
8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 5,888 14.6%
  • Catholic 4,517 11.2%
  • Evangelical Protestant 4,070 10.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 325 0.8%
  • Black Protestant 50 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.8%
With a disability
19.6%
Bachelor's or higher
20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
48th 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
Smethport
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
7
21.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for McKean 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.