Jury Pool Profile

Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 73,255
Median household income: $59,378
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 69,242 94.5%
Black or African American alone 1,418 1.9%
Asian alone 377 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 81 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 280 0.4%
Two or more races 1,856 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,096 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47

Under 18 13,353 18.2%
18–24 4,970 6.8%
25–44 16,715 22.8%
45–64 21,029 28.7%
65 and over 17,188 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,925
Establishments: 1,862

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,510 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,938 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,661 11.4%
Manufacturing 2,563 11.0%
Public administration 2,059 8.8%
Professional & business services 1,420 6.1%
Construction 1,053 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 916 3.9%
Financial activities 888 3.8%
Other services 840 3.6%
Information 87 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.3%
Median gross rent: $749
Owner-occupied: 23,335
Renter-occupied: 5,736

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 40,881 votes cast

Republican 31,993 78.3%
Democratic 8,596 21.0%
Other / third-party 292 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

German 1,419 2.0%
Spanish 546 0.8%
Chinese 163 0.2%
Other Indo-European 151 0.2%
Slavic languages 75 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 70 0.1%
Korean 52 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.0%
Other 11 0.0%
Arabic 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,071
Family households: 18,879; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 15,350
Single-mother households: 1,232
Veterans: 4,766; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 14,537 19.6%
Evangelical Protestant 11,552 15.6%
Catholic 8,745 11.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,357 1.8%
Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 3 (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: Somerset

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 16.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023