Jury Pool Profile

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 353,345
Median household income: $72,468
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 327,086 92.6%
Black or African American alone 8,858 2.5%
Asian alone 3,248 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 188 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 61 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,547 0.4%
Two or more races 12,357 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,402 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.1

Under 18 64,731 18.3%
18–24 25,313 7.2%
25–44 78,382 22.2%
45–64 101,006 28.6%
65 and over 83,913 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $19.4B; 1.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,519
Establishments: 9,132

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 32,014 24.7%
Education & health services 28,999 22.4%
Manufacturing 17,674 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 15,710 12.1%
Professional & business services 12,548 9.7%
Construction 6,945 5.4%
Other services 5,012 3.9%
Financial activities 4,006 3.1%
Public administration 3,717 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 1,183 0.9%
Information 923 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%
Median gross rent: $843
Owner-occupied: 120,811
Renter-occupied: 33,574

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 211,450 votes cast

Republican 135,008 63.8%
Democratic 74,904 35.4%
Other / third-party 1,538 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,783 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,735 0.5%
German 736 0.2%
Chinese 735 0.2%
Slavic languages 633 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 613 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 457 0.1%
Vietnamese 365 0.1%
Other 303 0.1%
Korean 230 0.1%
Tagalog 178 0.1%
Arabic 124 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 154,385
Family households: 96,720; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 76,544
Single-mother households: 6,728
Veterans: 22,357; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 95,021 26.8%
Mainline Protestant 53,050 15.0%
Evangelical Protestant 28,517 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,785 0.8%
Black Protestant 1,922 0.5%
Orthodox 1,085 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.8%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 11 (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: Greensburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Pennsylvania statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 32; 11.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023