Jury Pool Profile

Anchorage Borough, Alaska

Population: 289,069
Median household income: $98,152
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 168,578 58.3%
Black or African American alone 15,280 5.3%
Asian alone 28,371 9.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21,038 7.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9,000 3.1%
Some other race alone 8,993 3.1%
Two or more races 37,809 13.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26,953 9.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.9

Under 18 68,654 23.8%
18–24 27,920 9.7%
25–44 89,330 30.9%
45–64 67,229 23.3%
65 and over 35,936 12.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $32.1B; 44.87% of state
Avg. annual pay: $74,666
Establishments: 8,829

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 35,297 24.0%
Education & health services 35,046 23.8%
Professional & business services 18,152 12.3%
Leisure & hospitality 17,026 11.6%
Public administration 15,464 10.5%
Construction 8,372 5.7%
Financial activities 6,304 4.3%
Other services 5,091 3.5%
Information 2,569 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,981 1.3%
Manufacturing 1,877 1.3%
Unclassified 77 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.7%
Median gross rent: $1,453
Owner-occupied: 68,751
Renter-occupied: 39,117

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,168 4.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 11,531 4.3%
Tagalog 9,587 3.5%
Other 3,605 1.3%
Korean 2,401 0.9%
Other Indo-European 1,958 0.7%
Slavic languages 1,561 0.6%
German 1,387 0.5%
Arabic 1,298 0.5%
Chinese 994 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 739 0.3%
Vietnamese 387 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 107,868
Family households: 67,750; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 50,492
Single-mother households: 5,989
Veterans: 23,940; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 57,125 19.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 22,709 7.8%
Catholic 16,758 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 8,051 2.8%
Black Protestant 3,155 1.1%
Orthodox 1,835 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Superior Court
Judges: 24 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate; vintage 2026 courts.alaska.gov)
Court seats: ( Consolidated city-borough ), Anchorage, Dillingham, Glennallen, King Salmon, Kodiak, Naknek, Palmer, Sand Point, Soldotna, Unalaska

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Alaska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 6.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023