Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 109,852
Median household income: $60,614
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 97,737 89.0%
Black or African American alone 6,123 5.6%
Asian alone 689 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 122 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.0%
Some other race alone 788 0.7%
Two or more races 4,373 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,751 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

Under 18 20,941 19.1%
18–24 10,198 9.3%
25–44 23,544 21.4%
45–64 30,242 27.5%
65 and over 24,927 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.5B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,120
Establishments: 2,857

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,971 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,928 20.6%
Manufacturing 8,214 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 4,550 10.5%
Professional & business services 2,230 5.2%
Financial activities 1,732 4.0%
Public administration 1,705 3.9%
Other services 1,573 3.6%
Construction 1,527 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 373 0.9%
Information 236 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.5%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 33,450
Renter-occupied: 12,673

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 58,410 votes cast

Republican 37,761 64.6%
Democratic 20,145 34.5%
Other / third-party 504 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

German 2,127 2.0%
Spanish 776 0.7%
Slavic languages 286 0.3%
Other Indo-European 238 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 130 0.1%
Arabic 110 0.1%
Tagalog 105 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 101 0.1%
Other 63 0.1%
Chinese 51 0.0%
Vietnamese 26 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 46,123
Family households: 29,088; 63.1% of households
Married w/ children: 21,883
Single-mother households: 2,477
Veterans: 7,707; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,433 13.0%
Evangelical Protestant 14,288 12.9%
Mainline Protestant 13,352 12.1%
Black Protestant 1,064 1.0%
Orthodox 541 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 313 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 3 (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: Mercer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 23.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023