Jury Pool Profile

Kent County, Rhode Island

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 170,658
Median household income: $91,278
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 147,797 86.6%
Black or African American alone 3,513 2.1%
Asian alone 5,071 3.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 222 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 87 0.1%
Some other race alone 3,250 1.9%
Two or more races 10,718 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,976 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 31,235 18.3%
18–24 11,967 7.0%
25–44 45,077 26.4%
45–64 48,390 28.4%
65 and over 33,989 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.4B; 15.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,016
Establishments: 6,935

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 19,609 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,523 23.1%
Professional & business services 9,423 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 9,310 12.3%
Manufacturing 5,555 7.3%
Financial activities 4,124 5.4%
Construction 3,605 4.8%
Other services 2,644 3.5%
Public administration 2,048 2.7%
Information 1,058 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 180 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $1,264
Owner-occupied: 52,483
Renter-occupied: 20,260

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 92,648 votes cast

Democratic 46,269 49.9%
Republican 44,526 48.1%
Other / third-party 1,853 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,774 3.5%
Other Indo-European 3,764 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,652 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,225 0.8%
Chinese 738 0.5%
Slavic languages 519 0.3%
German 356 0.2%
Tagalog 351 0.2%
Arabic 299 0.2%
Korean 143 0.1%
Vietnamese 85 0.1%
Other 80 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 72,743
Family households: 45,754; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 33,836
Single-mother households: 3,836
Veterans: 10,160; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 60,152 35.3%
Mainline Protestant 7,335 4.3%
Evangelical Protestant 6,878 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,501 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.0%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Kent County Superior Court
Judges: 4 (Rhode Island Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. RI has ~22 Justices statewide who rotate assignments under a unified bench (R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-2-1), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Bristol County has no separate Superior Court — civil/criminal jury trials from Bristol are heard in the Providence County Superior Court. Vintage 2026 courts.ri.gov roster.)
Court seats: Warwick

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Rhode Island statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 5.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023