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Jury Pool Profile

Potter County, Pennsylvania

Republican +62 (2024)
Population
16,276
Median household income
$59,840
Unemployment
5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 15,572 95.7%
  • Black or African American alone 71 0.4%
  • Asian alone 75 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 78 0.5%
  • Two or more races 461 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 272 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.2

  • Under 18 3,294 20.2%
  • 18–24 1,059 6.5%
  • 25–44 3,293 20.2%
  • 45–64 4,517 27.8%
  • 65 and over 4,113 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.5%
+1.16 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.1B
0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,050
Establishments
466

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,332 27.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,027 21.4%
  • Manufacturing 613 12.8%
  • Public administration 355 7.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 333 6.9%
  • Information 292 6.1%
  • Professional & business services 238 5.0%
  • Construction 151 3.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 147 3.1%
  • Other services 108 2.3%
  • Financial activities 76 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
80.2%
Median gross rent
$767
Owner-occupied
5,421
Renter-occupied
1,336

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,085 votes cast

  • Republican 7,334 80.7%
  • Democratic 1,675 18.4%
  • Other / third-party 76 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

  • German 358 2.3%
  • Spanish 83 0.5%
  • Other Indo-European 78 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 7 0.0%
  • Other 7 0.0%
  • Chinese 3 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 3 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%
  • Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
6,757
Family households
4,433
65.6% of households
Married w/ children
3,638
Single-mother households
263
Veterans
1,265
9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,101 25.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,229 7.5%
  • Catholic 720 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.3%
With a disability
17.8%
Bachelor's or higher
17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
55th 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
Coudersport
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
38.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Potter 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.