Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, Vermont

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 29,594
Median household income: $77,328
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,749 93.8%
Black or African American alone 110 0.4%
Asian alone 173 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 74 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 173 0.6%
Two or more races 1,313 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 506 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.9

Under 18 5,326 18.0%
18–24 2,187 7.4%
25–44 6,763 22.9%
45–64 8,566 28.9%
65 and over 6,752 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 2.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,315
Establishments: 1,015

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,900 36.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,235 15.6%
Manufacturing 671 8.5%
Construction 627 7.9%
Leisure & hospitality 592 7.5%
Professional & business services 575 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 322 4.1%
Financial activities 240 3.0%
Other services 98 1.2%
Information 44 0.6%
Public administration 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $1,145
Owner-occupied: 10,421
Renter-occupied: 2,369

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,536 votes cast

Democratic 10,220 58.3%
Republican 6,683 38.1%
Other / third-party 633 3.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 225 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 221 0.8%
Other Indo-European 128 0.5%
Slavic languages 72 0.3%
German 62 0.2%
Korean 20 0.1%
Chinese 20 0.1%
Other 11 0.0%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,790
Family households: 7,970; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,095
Single-mother households: 611
Veterans: 1,686; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

10.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,958 6.7%
Catholic 536 1.8%
Evangelical Protestant 450 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 31 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Orange County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Chelsea

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 8.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023