Union County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,495 86.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,147 5.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,404 5.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 779 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 462 1.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 111 0.3%

• Under 18 7,370 17.4%
• 18–24 5,936 14.0%
• 25–44 10,315 24.3%
• 45–64 10,396 24.5%
• 65 and over 8,439 19.9%

Median household income

$74,727

90% interval $68,523–$80,931

−$2,805 vs PA · 22nd of 67

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.1%–13.5%

−0.8 pp vs PA · 44th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,062

Establishments

1,020

• Education & health services 6,067 35.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,961 17.1%
• Manufacturing 1,768 10.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,744 10.1%
• Public administration 1,283 7.4%
• Professional & business services 951 5.5%
• Construction 725 4.2%
• Financial activities 576 3.3%
• Other services 417 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 201 1.2%
• Information 92 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 96.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.3%

+3.0 pp vs PA · 46th of 67

Median gross rent

$974

−$235 vs PA · 26th of 67

Owner-occupied

10,520

Renter-occupied

4,026

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $98,943/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,744/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 12,969 61.2%
• Democratic 8,015 37.8%
• Other / third-party 204 1.0%

• German or other West Germanic 1,902 4.7%
• Spanish 1,457 3.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 141 0.3%
• Chinese 130 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 93 0.2%
• Arabic 85 0.2%
• Tagalog 18 0.0%
• Korean 16 0.0%
• Vietnamese 13 0.0%

Households

14,546

Family households

9,714

66.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,935

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

468

4.8% of families

Veterans

2,262

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 6,472 15.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,709 11.0%
• Catholic 2,162 5.1%
• Black Protestant 808 1.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 352 0.8%
• Orthodox 60 0.1%

Health insured

89.6%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

10.4%

±1.8 pp

6th of 67

With a disability

12.5%

±1.2 pp

60th of 67

Bachelor's or higher

26.5%

±1.9 pp

−8.7 pp vs PA · 26th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.1%

90% interval 9.9%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Lewisburg, Middleburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

11.4 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3