Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 80,361 88.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,702 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,336 2.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 363 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,363 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 426 0.5%

• Under 18 17,819 19.7%
• 18–24 6,196 6.8%
• 25–44 21,838 24.1%
• 45–64 24,503 27.1%
• 65 and over 20,204 22.3%

Median household income

$61,984

90% interval $59,110–$64,858

−$15,548 vs PA · 49th of 67

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 12.0%–16.4%

+2.6 pp vs PA · 16th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.7B

0.47% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,239

Establishments

1,832

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,783 25.1%
• Education & health services 6,465 23.9%
• Manufacturing 3,954 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,510 9.3%
• Professional & business services 1,835 6.8%
• Public administration 1,620 6.0%
• Construction 1,104 4.1%
• Other services 1,017 3.8%
• Financial activities 660 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 607 2.2%
• Information 212 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 99.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.5%

+6.2 pp vs PA · 32nd of 67

Median gross rent

$806

−$403 vs PA · 50th of 67

Owner-occupied

28,594

Renter-occupied

9,292

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $68,285/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,777/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 1,997 2.3%
• German or other West Germanic 992 1.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 266 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 77 0.1%
• Arabic 52 0.1%
• Chinese 14 0.0%
• Tagalog 13 0.0%
• Korean 11 0.0%

Households

37,886

Family households

23,678

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,632

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,987

8.4% of families

Veterans

5,786

8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.8 pp

40th of 67

With a disability

16.9%

±0.8 pp

22nd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

19.4%

±1 pp

−15.8 pp vs PA · 53rd of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

8

11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7