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Jury Pool Profile

Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska

Borough seat
Naknek
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
847
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 918.

At a glance

Bristol Bay Borough is a 847-person venue. The borough population is 49% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $99,684, $3,348 above the AK state median of $96,336; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Tagalog and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 51.2% of covered employment, average pay $73,702/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.56%, above the 4.64% state average.

Population
918
Median household income
$95,625
Unemployment
5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 49%; Black: 1%.

Bristol Bay Borough has a population of 918, with a median age of 39.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 48.7%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 5.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $99,684; 20.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 446 48.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 46 5.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5 0.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 92 10.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 112 12.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 191 20.8%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 1.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

  • Under 18 137 14.9%
  • 18–24 45 4.9%
  • 25–44 305 33.2%
  • 45–64 261 28.4%
  • 65 and over 170 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$99,684
90% interval $87,742–$111,626
+$3,348 vs AK · 5th of 30
Below poverty line
11.4%
90% interval 8.3%–14.5%
+1.1 pp vs AK · 16th of 30

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing-heavy

BLS QCEW 'Manufacturing' is ≥15% of total covered employment. This borough: 51.2%.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 51.2% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 14.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.56%, above the Alaska state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.6%
+0.92 pp vs. state
County GDP
$178.8M
0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay
$75,792
Establishments
114

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 612 51.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 173 14.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 153 12.8%
  • Public administration 130 10.9%
  • Education & health services 48 4.0%
  • Financial activities 14 1.2%
  • Professional & business services 13 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
53.6%
−13.2 pp vs AK · 28th of 30
Median gross rent
$1,317
−$102 vs AK · 14th of 30
Owner-occupied
156
Renter-occupied
135

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 78% of the borough workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($121,393 vs $59,550/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Borough-level election results not available.

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 57% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

14.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Tagalog, German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (57 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

  • Tagalog 70 8.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 36 4.2%
  • Spanish 6 0.7%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
291
Family households
166
57.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
36
21.7% of families
Single-mother families
2
1.2% of families
Veterans
57
7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

26.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 170 20.1%
  • Orthodox 40 4.7%
  • Catholic 15 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
79.2%
±9.9 pp
Uninsured
20.8%
±9.9 pp
5th of 30
With a disability
14.3%
±4.3 pp
14th of 30
Bachelor's or higher
20.9%
±14.9 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
13.3%
90% interval 11.5%–15.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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

This judicial district spans multiple boroughs.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Bristol Bay totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the borough, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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