Jury Pool Profile
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- County seat
- Wellsboro
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 40,502
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 40,945.
At a glance
Tioga County is a 40,502-person venue. The county population is 96% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,734, $13,798 below the PA state median of $77,532; 22.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.0% of covered employment, average pay $50,493/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.52%, above the 4.25% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 75% of the vote each time.
- Population
- 40,945
- Median household income
- $64,899
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 96% / 1%.
Tioga County has a population of 40,945, with a median age of 45.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.7%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 1.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,734; 22.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 3,330, Education & health services about 3,220.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 26.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.52%, above the Pennsylvania state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Tioga County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.4% in 2024, 74.7% in 2020, 74.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 10.1% of the adult civilian population (3,328 individuals).