Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 167,784
Median household income: $82,374
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 111,592 66.5%
Black or African American alone 23,488 14.0%
Asian alone 4,428 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 316 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,715 6.4%
Two or more races 17,214 10.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,702 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 32,451 19.3%
18–24 15,590 9.3%
25–44 38,258 22.8%
45–64 49,755 29.7%
65 and over 31,730 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.6B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,536
Establishments: 3,684

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,658 24.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,795 22.5%
Leisure & hospitality 11,387 20.0%
Manufacturing 4,949 8.7%
Public administration 4,020 7.1%
Professional & business services 3,251 5.7%
Other services 2,130 3.7%
Construction 1,791 3.1%
Financial activities 1,413 2.5%
Information 303 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 254 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.5%
Median gross rent: $1,347
Owner-occupied: 48,164
Renter-occupied: 12,398

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 85,525 votes cast

Republican 42,676 49.9%
Democratic 42,007 49.1%
Other / third-party 842 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 14,960 9.4%
Other Indo-European 3,617 2.3%
Slavic languages 2,841 1.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 970 0.6%
Chinese 700 0.4%
Other 643 0.4%
Arabic 590 0.4%
Tagalog 505 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 469 0.3%
German 461 0.3%
Vietnamese 328 0.2%
Korean 309 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 60,562
Family households: 42,869; 70.8% of households
Married w/ children: 32,215
Single-mother households: 3,460
Veterans: 9,838; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 25,817 15.3%
Evangelical Protestant 14,803 8.8%
Mainline Protestant 11,217 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,907 5.3%
Black Protestant 528 0.3%
Orthodox 425 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 43rd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 4 (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: Stroudsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023