Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Pennsylvania

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 45,988
Median household income: $78,824
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,438 94.5%
Black or African American alone 368 0.8%
Asian alone 117 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 38 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 19 0.0%
Some other race alone 241 0.5%
Two or more races 1,767 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,045 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 9,686 21.1%
18–24 3,104 6.7%
25–44 10,837 23.6%
45–64 13,217 28.7%
65 and over 9,144 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,701
Establishments: 896

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,415 30.6%
Education & health services 1,802 22.8%
Construction 761 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 549 6.9%
Public administration 506 6.4%
Manufacturing 433 5.5%
Professional & business services 337 4.3%
Other services 306 3.9%
Financial activities 235 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 231 2.9%
Information 40 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 14,715
Renter-occupied: 3,517

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,725 votes cast

Republican 19,073 74.1%
Democratic 6,385 24.8%
Other / third-party 267 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

German 1,666 3.8%
Spanish 596 1.4%
Other Indo-European 93 0.2%
Slavic languages 92 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 56 0.1%
Chinese 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.1%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%
Other 13 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,232
Family households: 12,647; 69.4% of households
Married w/ children: 10,073
Single-mother households: 745
Veterans: 3,128; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 6,034 13.2%
Evangelical Protestant 5,891 12.9%
Catholic 1,737 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 652 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 41st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 1 (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: Mifflintown, New Bloomfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 22.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023