Jury Pool Profile
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
- County seat
- Stroudsburg
- Judicial district
- 43rd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 167,179
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 167,515.
At a glance
Monroe County is a 167,179-person venue. The county population is 64% White and 14% Black (Census race-alone categories). 18% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $76,974; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (1.9%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 24.4% of covered employment, average pay $62,893/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.87%, above the 4.25% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 167,515
- Median household income
- $83,565
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 14%.
Monroe County has a population of 167,515, with a median age of 44.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.7%; Black residents 13.9%. Independently, 18.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,974; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 14,590 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, about 12,980, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 24.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.87%, above the Pennsylvania state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Monroe County was carried by the Republican candidate with 49.9% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 52.6% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 48.4% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Chinese. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (9,527 individuals).