Perry County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 43,223 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,164 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 357 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 141 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,266 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 53 0.1%

• Under 18 9,699 21.0%
• 18–24 3,088 6.7%
• 25–44 10,912 23.6%
• 45–64 13,064 28.3%
• 65 and over 9,476 20.5%

Median household income

$77,074

90% interval $72,604–$81,544

−$458 vs PA · 16th of 67

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 6.7%–10.5%

−3.0 pp vs PA · 60th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,788

Establishments

899

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,536 31.1%
• Education & health services 1,892 23.2%
• Construction 784 9.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 574 7.0%
• Manufacturing 432 5.3%
• Professional & business services 324 4.0%
• Other services 300 3.7%
• Financial activities 241 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 222 2.7%
• Public administration 130 1.6%
• Information 39 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 91.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.8%

+12.5 pp vs PA · 3rd of 67

Median gross rent

$874

−$335 vs PA · 39th of 67

Owner-occupied

14,974

Renter-occupied

3,325

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $74,766/yr) pays 4.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,007/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• German or other West Germanic 1,589 3.6%
• Spanish 624 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 102 0.2%
• Chinese 31 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 25 0.1%
• Vietnamese 16 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Korean 5 0.0%

Households

18,299

Family households

12,708

69.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,070

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

819

6.4% of families

Veterans

2,901

8% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.7%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±1.1 pp

7th of 67

With a disability

13.6%

±0.8 pp

53rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

20.2%

±1.4 pp

−15.0 pp vs PA · 49th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.3%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

19.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6