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Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Pennsylvania

Republican +23 (2024)
Population
42,570
Median household income
$72,894
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 37,935 89.1%
  • Black or African American alone 2,575 6.0%
  • Asian alone 750 1.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 51 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 400 0.9%
  • Two or more races 859 2.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,093 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

  • Under 18 7,451 17.5%
  • 18–24 5,957 14.0%
  • 25–44 10,396 24.4%
  • 45–64 10,484 24.6%
  • 65 and over 8,282 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.5B
0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay
$58,821
Establishments
1,018

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 6,117 34.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,865 16.3%
  • Manufacturing 1,824 10.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,817 10.4%
  • Public administration 1,683 9.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,063 6.1%
  • Construction 717 4.1%
  • Financial activities 599 3.4%
  • Other services 446 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 200 1.1%
  • Information 88 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
71.4%
Median gross rent
$944
Owner-occupied
10,218
Renter-occupied
4,083

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,188 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.7% speak only English at home

  • German 1,697 4.2%
  • Spanish 1,403 3.4%
  • Other Indo-European 321 0.8%
  • Slavic languages 211 0.5%
  • Other 158 0.4%
  • Chinese 154 0.4%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 85 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.2%
  • Arabic 33 0.1%
  • Korean 26 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 14 0.0%
  • Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
14,301
Family households
9,429
65.9% of households
Married w/ children
8,065
Single-mother households
523
Veterans
2,233
6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.1% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.1%
With a disability
13.2%
Bachelor's or higher
26.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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 countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
6
17.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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