Jury Pool Profile

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Democratic +59 (2024)

Population: 1,582,432
Median household income: $60,698
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 571,785 36.1%
Black or African American alone 631,361 39.9%
Asian alone 122,949 7.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,012 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 814 0.1%
Some other race alone 132,265 8.4%
Two or more races 116,246 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 240,543 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.1

Under 18 338,722 21.4%
18–24 154,741 9.8%
25–44 507,654 32.1%
45–64 354,186 22.4%
65 and over 227,129 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $135.0B; 13.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $83,187
Establishments: 33,641

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 282,079 39.5%
Professional & business services 98,784 13.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 91,771 12.8%
Leisure & hospitality 75,048 10.5%
Public administration 47,214 6.6%
Financial activities 36,992 5.2%
Other services 24,259 3.4%
Manufacturing 19,202 2.7%
Information 12,514 1.8%
Construction 12,262 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 69 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.3%
Median gross rent: $1,323
Owner-occupied: 350,141
Renter-occupied: 319,081

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 721,441 votes cast

Democratic 568,571 78.8%
Republican 144,311 20.0%
Other / third-party 8,559 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 159,884 10.8%
Chinese 37,695 2.5%
Other Indo-European 36,174 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 22,700 1.5%
Slavic languages 22,325 1.5%
Other 20,228 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 18,629 1.3%
Vietnamese 12,814 0.9%
Arabic 12,378 0.8%
Korean 4,822 0.3%
Tagalog 4,164 0.3%
German 3,940 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 669,222
Family households: 352,069; 52.6% of households
Married w/ children: 184,109
Single-mother households: 64,243
Veterans: 49,134; 4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 253,876 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 132,431 8.3%
Evangelical Protestant 121,314 7.6%
Mainline Protestant 88,663 5.5%
Black Protestant 88,492 5.5%
Orthodox 7,270 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 17.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 93 (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: Philadelphia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 135; 10.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 128

NHTSA FARS 2023