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Jury Pool Profile

Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Republican +40 (2024)
Population
90,925
Median household income
$57,948
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 82,792 91.1%
  • Black or African American alone 2,468 2.7%
  • Asian alone 427 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 64 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,592 1.8%
  • Two or more races 3,570 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,412 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.4

  • Under 18 17,994 19.8%
  • 18–24 6,286 6.9%
  • 25–44 21,825 24.0%
  • 45–64 25,064 27.6%
  • 65 and over 19,756 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP
$4.7B
0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,035
Establishments
1,813

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,715 24.9%
  • Education & health services 6,141 22.8%
  • Manufacturing 4,171 15.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,506 9.3%
  • Professional & business services 2,037 7.6%
  • Public administration 1,607 6.0%
  • Construction 1,113 4.1%
  • Other services 1,009 3.7%
  • Financial activities 664 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 573 2.1%
  • Information 218 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
74.8%
Median gross rent
$777
Owner-occupied
28,129
Renter-occupied
9,452

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 43,522 votes cast

  • Republican 30,240 69.5%
  • Democratic 12,863 29.6%
  • Other / third-party 419 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,550 1.8%
  • German 872 1.0%
  • Slavic languages 239 0.3%
  • Other Indo-European 211 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 179 0.2%
  • Chinese 91 0.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 88 0.1%
  • Other 70 0.1%
  • Arabic 21 0.0%
  • Korean 18 0.0%
  • Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
37,581
Family households
23,500
62.5% of households
Married w/ children
17,616
Single-mother households
1,945
Veterans
6,040
8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 15,682 17.1%
  • Catholic 12,440 13.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 11,629 12.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,556 2.8%
  • Black Protestant 76 0.1%
  • Orthodox 62 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.7%
With a disability
16.4%
Bachelor's or higher
19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
8th 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
Sunbury
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
13
17.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
13

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.