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Jury Pool Profile

Dillingham Borough, Alaska

Borough seat
Dillingham
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
4,483
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,724.

At a glance

Dillingham Borough is a 4,483-person venue. The borough population is 15% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,689, $30,647 below the AK state median of $96,336; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 35.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Russian, Polish, or other Slavic and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 45.1% of covered employment, average pay $81,437/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.92%, above the 4.64% state average.

Population
4,724
Median household income
$78,533
Unemployment
7.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 15%; Black: 1%.

Dillingham Borough has a population of 4,724, with a median age of 31.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 15.3%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 3.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,689; 18.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 23.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 677 14.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 177 3.7%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 32 0.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 86 1.8%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 431 9.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,301 69.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.3%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 31.7

  • Under 18 1,459 30.9%
  • 18–24 416 8.8%
  • 25–44 1,259 26.7%
  • 45–64 1,021 21.6%
  • 65 and over 569 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,689
90% interval $60,158–$71,220
−$30,647 vs AK · 25th of 30
Below poverty line
23.6%
90% interval 18.9%–28.3%
+13.3 pp vs AK · 4th of 30

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This borough: 45.1%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 45.1% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 17.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.92%, above the Alaska state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
7.9%
+3.28 pp vs. state
County GDP
$324.1M
0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay
$70,958
Establishments
151

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 915 45.1%
  • Public administration 355 17.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 260 12.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 94 4.6%
  • Financial activities 71 3.5%
  • Professional & business services 54 2.7%
  • Construction 4 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 86.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
61.4%
−5.4 pp vs AK · 24th of 30
Median gross rent
$1,105
−$314 vs AK · 19th of 30
Owner-occupied
861
Renter-occupied
542

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 75% 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.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Education & health services, $81,437/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Construction, $29,352/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 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-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 35.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

35.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Tagalog, Spanish. Veterans account for 3.8% of the adult civilian population (125 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

65.0% speak only English at home

  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 2.1%
  • Tagalog 58 1.3%
  • Spanish 30 0.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.2%
  • Korean 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
1,403
Family households
992
70.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
233
23.5% of families
Single-mother families
180
18.1% of families
Veterans
125
3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

35.5% overall adherence rate

  • Orthodox 1,185 24.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 402 8.3%
  • Catholic 85 1.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 51 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.1%
±5.1 pp
Uninsured
15.9%
±5.1 pp
10th of 30
With a disability
11.7%
±6.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
Bachelor's or higher
18.9%
±7.1 pp
−12.8 pp vs AK · 19th of 30
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
14.0%
90% interval 12.4%–15.6% · 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

Dillingham 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 Dillingham 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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