Jury Pool Profile

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 143,259
Median household income: $66,901
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 128,550 89.7%
Black or African American alone 4,152 2.9%
Asian alone 646 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 121 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,718 1.9%
Two or more races 7,051 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,744 6.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 28,528 19.9%
18–24 10,529 7.3%
25–44 34,524 24.1%
45–64 39,840 27.8%
65 and over 29,838 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.5B; 0.64% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,134
Establishments: 2,961

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 13,474 26.8%
Education & health services 11,349 22.6%
Manufacturing 10,241 20.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,344 6.6%
Professional & business services 3,099 6.2%
Public administration 2,977 5.9%
Construction 1,794 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,463 2.9%
Other services 1,275 2.5%
Financial activities 910 1.8%
Information 152 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $842
Owner-occupied: 43,821
Renter-occupied: 13,644

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 73,184 votes cast

Republican 51,665 70.6%
Democratic 20,882 28.5%
Other / third-party 637 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,494 4.0%
German 1,015 0.7%
Other Indo-European 482 0.4%
Slavic languages 452 0.3%
Tagalog 215 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 188 0.1%
Arabic 180 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 161 0.1%
Korean 78 0.1%
Other 73 0.1%
Vietnamese 43 0.0%
Chinese 33 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 57,465
Family households: 36,741; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 25,374
Single-mother households: 3,378
Veterans: 8,413; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 33,533 23.4%
Mainline Protestant 29,529 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 6,377 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,164 2.9%
Orthodox 373 0.3%
Black Protestant 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 4 (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: Pottsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 20.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023