Jury Pool Profile

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 315,927
Median household income: $86,687
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 242,420 76.7%
Black or African American alone 18,651 5.9%
Asian alone 9,731 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 415 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 17,144 5.4%
Two or more races 27,544 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 47,075 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 61,502 19.5%
18–24 32,396 10.3%
25–44 75,376 23.9%
45–64 83,784 26.5%
65 and over 62,869 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $21.0B; 2.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,298
Establishments: 7,088

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 34,099 28.2%
Education & health services 28,714 23.7%
Manufacturing 16,494 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 13,830 11.4%
Professional & business services 10,786 8.9%
Construction 4,379 3.6%
Other services 3,720 3.1%
Public administration 3,514 2.9%
Financial activities 3,087 2.6%
Information 1,403 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 403 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.1%
Median gross rent: $1,335
Owner-occupied: 86,409
Renter-occupied: 35,087

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 178,215 votes cast

Republican 89,817 50.4%
Democratic 86,655 48.6%
Other / third-party 1,743 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 27,404 9.1%
Other Indo-European 5,783 1.9%
Chinese 2,118 0.7%
Slavic languages 2,033 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,403 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,187 0.4%
German 1,170 0.4%
Other 1,133 0.4%
Arabic 933 0.3%
Vietnamese 524 0.2%
Tagalog 243 0.1%
Korean 209 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 121,496
Family households: 81,698; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 62,139
Single-mother households: 7,037
Veterans: 16,638; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 68,548 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 38,727 12.4%
Evangelical Protestant 21,764 7.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,969 2.9%
Orthodox 343 0.1%
Black Protestant 274 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 10 (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: Easton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 8.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023