Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 51,189
Median household income: $62,182
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,100 90.1%
Black or African American alone 1,618 3.2%
Asian alone 355 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 154 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.1%
Some other race alone 474 0.9%
Two or more races 2,461 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,528 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

Under 18 8,515 16.6%
18–24 3,224 6.3%
25–44 11,608 22.7%
45–64 15,036 29.4%
65 and over 12,806 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,861
Establishments: 1,445

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,423 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,084 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,132 13.8%
Construction 1,192 7.7%
Public administration 1,105 7.1%
Professional & business services 1,067 6.9%
Other services 802 5.2%
Financial activities 725 4.7%
Manufacturing 658 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 162 1.0%
Information 122 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.9%
Median gross rent: $979
Owner-occupied: 16,628
Renter-occupied: 3,686

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,444 votes cast

Republican 20,071 68.2%
Democratic 9,150 31.1%
Other / third-party 223 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,272 2.6%
Slavic languages 305 0.6%
Other Indo-European 263 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 245 0.5%
German 219 0.4%
Other 145 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 132 0.3%
Arabic 67 0.1%
Korean 48 0.1%
Tagalog 20 0.0%
Chinese 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,314
Family households: 13,285; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 10,519
Single-mother households: 1,005
Veterans: 4,243; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,253 18.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,999 9.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,307 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,622 3.2%
Orthodox 81 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 1 (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: Honesdale

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 21.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023