Jury Pool Profile

Providence County, Rhode Island

Democratic +14 (2024)

Population: 658,977
Median household income: $78,204
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 409,072 62.1%
Black or African American alone 54,845 8.3%
Asian alone 27,605 4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,037 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 505 0.1%
Some other race alone 71,195 10.8%
Two or more races 91,718 13.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 164,093 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 133,818 20.3%
18–24 66,838 10.1%
25–44 186,512 28.3%
45–64 166,410 25.3%
65 and over 105,399 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $46.7B; 58.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,852
Establishments: 24,426

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 89,300 31.0%
Professional & business services 41,849 14.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 41,735 14.5%
Leisure & hospitality 31,649 11.0%
Financial activities 21,380 7.4%
Manufacturing 18,642 6.5%
Public administration 15,178 5.3%
Construction 13,013 4.5%
Other services 10,973 3.8%
Information 3,031 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 480 0.2%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.6%
Median gross rent: $1,242
Owner-occupied: 145,239
Renter-occupied: 111,266

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 269,989 votes cast

Democratic 151,508 56.1%
Republican 112,558 41.7%
Other / third-party 5,923 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

67.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 123,979 19.9%
Other Indo-European 30,508 4.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 14,939 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,041 1.5%
Other 7,246 1.2%
Chinese 5,221 0.8%
Slavic languages 3,864 0.6%
Arabic 1,789 0.3%
Tagalog 1,249 0.2%
German 867 0.1%
Vietnamese 605 0.1%
Korean 590 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 256,505
Family households: 155,106; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 103,163
Single-mother households: 19,632
Veterans: 22,114; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 269,425 40.8%
Evangelical Protestant 25,212 3.8%
Mainline Protestant 20,082 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,926 3.0%
Orthodox 7,153 1.1%
Black Protestant 1,285 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Providence County Superior Court
Judges: 13 (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: Providence

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Rhode Island statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 52; 9.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 48

NHTSA FARS 2023