Jury Pool Profile

Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Population: 59,843
Median household income: $77,722
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,318 79.1%
Black or African American alone 337 0.6%
Asian alone 1,100 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,835 6.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 197 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,001 1.7%
Two or more races 6,055 10.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,547 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 13,289 22.2%
18–24 4,102 6.9%
25–44 15,183 25.4%
45–64 15,691 26.2%
65 and over 11,578 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 5.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,398
Establishments: 2,368

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,646 26.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,509 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,932 13.7%
Public administration 2,665 12.4%
Manufacturing 1,227 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,032 4.8%
Construction 1,019 4.7%
Professional & business services 925 4.3%
Other services 812 3.8%
Financial activities 512 2.4%
Information 191 0.9%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $1,163
Owner-occupied: 18,351
Renter-occupied: 5,551

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 887 1.6%
Other 714 1.3%
Slavic languages 639 1.1%
Tagalog 459 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 302 0.5%
German 300 0.5%
Other Indo-European 205 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 176 0.3%
Korean 73 0.1%
Chinese 49 0.1%
Vietnamese 34 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,902
Family households: 14,171; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,448
Single-mother households: 1,051
Veterans: 4,806; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,642 33.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,530 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,336 2.3%
Catholic 1,330 2.3%
Orthodox 430 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.4%

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: 9; 19.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023