Jury Pool Profile

Orleans County, Vermont

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 27,492
Median household income: $66,426
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,972 94.5%
Black or African American alone 232 0.8%
Asian alone 203 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 82 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 106 0.4%
Two or more races 895 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 500 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.4

Under 18 5,345 19.4%
18–24 1,957 7.1%
25–44 6,294 22.9%
45–64 7,486 27.2%
65 and over 6,410 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +1.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 3.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,363
Establishments: 1,102

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,936 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,087 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,439 13.7%
Manufacturing 1,203 11.4%
Construction 671 6.4%
Public administration 659 6.3%
Professional & business services 433 4.1%
Financial activities 314 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 298 2.8%
Other services 266 2.5%
Information 79 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.9%
Median gross rent: $897
Owner-occupied: 9,426
Renter-occupied: 2,365

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,655 votes cast

Republican 7,233 49.4%
Democratic 7,006 47.8%
Other / third-party 416 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

French (incl. Cajun) 869 3.3%
Spanish 215 0.8%
Slavic languages 144 0.5%
German 128 0.5%
Chinese 76 0.3%
Other 54 0.2%
Other Indo-European 52 0.2%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Korean 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,791
Family households: 7,474; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,862
Single-mother households: 563
Veterans: 1,983; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,158 15.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,228 4.5%
Evangelical Protestant 827 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 470 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Orleans 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: Newport

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Vermont statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 36.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023