Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +23 (2024)

Population: 861,225
Median household income: $111,521
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 640,759 74.4%
Black or African American alone 79,804 9.3%
Asian alone 67,295 7.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,546 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 254 0.0%
Some other race alone 18,142 2.1%
Two or more races 53,425 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55,791 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 184,976 21.5%
18–24 68,469 8.0%
25–44 220,441 25.6%
45–64 229,038 26.6%
65 and over 158,301 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $110.4B; 10.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $88,412
Establishments: 28,922

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 126,701 25.0%
Professional & business services 100,685 19.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 90,061 17.8%
Manufacturing 44,872 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 41,654 8.2%
Financial activities 37,991 7.5%
Construction 25,149 5.0%
Other services 17,103 3.4%
Public administration 10,792 2.1%
Information 8,604 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 669 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.7%
Median gross rent: $1,612
Owner-occupied: 239,246
Renter-occupied: 94,268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 520,906 votes cast

Democratic 317,103 60.9%
Republican 198,311 38.1%
Other / third-party 5,492 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 32,956 4.0%
Other Indo-European 24,550 3.0%
Chinese 10,647 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,481 1.2%
Korean 9,449 1.2%
Slavic languages 7,666 0.9%
Other 4,826 0.6%
Arabic 4,764 0.6%
Vietnamese 4,648 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,538 0.6%
German 2,583 0.3%
Tagalog 2,083 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 333,514
Family households: 223,295; 67.0% of households
Married w/ children: 179,902
Single-mother households: 15,087
Veterans: 33,223; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 260,017 30.4%
Mainline Protestant 76,611 8.9%
Evangelical Protestant 71,021 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,091 5.6%
Orthodox 4,725 0.6%
Black Protestant 4,228 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 10.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 52.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 24 (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: Norristown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 52; 7.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 47

NHTSA FARS 2023