Jury Pool Profile

Newport County, Rhode Island

Democratic +26 (2024)

Population: 85,095
Median household income: $100,859
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 72,217 84.9%
Black or African American alone 3,236 3.8%
Asian alone 1,474 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 198 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,990 2.3%
Two or more races 5,958 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,583 6.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 13,899 16.3%
18–24 7,467 8.8%
25–44 19,964 23.5%
45–64 22,986 27.0%
65 and over 20,779 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.8B; 10.91% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,656
Establishments: 4,446

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 9,048 21.2%
Education & health services 7,230 17.0%
Professional & business services 6,781 15.9%
Public administration 5,712 13.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,523 13.0%
Manufacturing 2,025 4.8%
Construction 1,903 4.5%
Other services 1,855 4.4%
Financial activities 1,502 3.5%
Information 359 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 218 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $1,652
Owner-occupied: 24,405
Renter-occupied: 11,781

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 44,349 votes cast

Democratic 27,332 61.6%
Republican 16,027 36.1%
Other / third-party 990 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,071 3.8%
Other Indo-European 2,633 3.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 391 0.5%
Slavic languages 286 0.4%
German 282 0.3%
Arabic 249 0.3%
Other 215 0.3%
Chinese 188 0.2%
Tagalog 157 0.2%
Vietnamese 90 0.1%
Korean 54 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 41 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 36,186
Family households: 22,134; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 17,505
Single-mother households: 1,649
Veterans: 6,113; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 45,528 53.2%
Mainline Protestant 4,931 5.8%
Evangelical Protestant 4,745 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,838 2.1%
Orthodox 500 0.6%
Black Protestant 202 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 11.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 53.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Newport County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Newport

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Rhode Island statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 5.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023