Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Vermont

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 50,379
Median household income: $79,078
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,649 92.6%
Black or African American alone 138 0.3%
Asian alone 285 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 200 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 17 0.0%
Some other race alone 325 0.6%
Two or more races 2,765 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 973 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 10,983 21.8%
18–24 3,679 7.3%
25–44 13,172 26.1%
45–64 13,848 27.5%
65 and over 8,697 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 6.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,487
Establishments: 1,561

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,512 26.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,983 23.1%
Manufacturing 2,768 16.0%
Public administration 1,632 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,111 6.4%
Professional & business services 1,102 6.4%
Natural resources & mining 632 3.7%
Construction 600 3.5%
Other services 374 2.2%
Financial activities 344 2.0%
Information 98 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $1,164
Owner-occupied: 15,288
Renter-occupied: 4,317

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,552 votes cast

Democratic 13,280 50.0%
Republican 12,490 47.0%
Other / third-party 782 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 805 1.7%
Spanish 467 1.0%
Other Indo-European 78 0.2%
Other 67 0.1%
German 61 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 26 0.1%
Chinese 3 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,605
Family households: 13,264; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,464
Single-mother households: 1,102
Veterans: 2,825; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 15,013 30.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,921 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 825 1.7%
Evangelical Protestant 564 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Franklin County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (Vermont Superior Court Judge — approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)
Court seats: St. Albans

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 20.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023