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Jury Pool Profile

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Borough seat
Kodiak
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
12,387
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,771.

At a glance

Kodiak Island Borough is a 12,387-person venue. The borough population is 49% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $92,237, $4,099 below the AK state median of $96,336; 28.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 23.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Tagalog and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 24.2% of covered employment, average pay $64,810/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.01%, below the 4.64% state average.

Population
12,771
Median household income
$86,250
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Majority-minority

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

Kodiak Island Borough has a population of 12,771, with a median age of 35.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 49.1%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 8.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $92,237; 28.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 5,749 45.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,064 8.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 86 0.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,835 22.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,528 12.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,326 10.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 165 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 35.1

  • Under 18 3,024 23.7%
  • 18–24 1,322 10.4%
  • 25–44 4,139 32.4%
  • 45–64 2,509 19.6%
  • 65 and over 1,777 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$92,237
90% interval $81,542–$102,932
−$4,099 vs AK · 10th of 30
Below poverty line
8.3%
90% interval 6.3%–10.3%
−2.0 pp vs AK · 24th 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: 24.2%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 24.2% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 23.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.01%, below the Alaska state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
−0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP
$989.1M
1.38% of state
Avg. annual pay
$62,577
Establishments
480

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,385 24.2%
  • Manufacturing 1,346 23.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 884 15.5%
  • Public administration 678 11.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 536 9.4%
  • Professional & business services 362 6.3%
  • Construction 171 3.0%
  • Other services 136 2.4%
  • Financial activities 89 1.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 78 1.4%
  • Information 42 0.7%
  • Unclassified 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
61.1%
−5.7 pp vs AK · 25th of 30
Median gross rent
$1,765
+$346 vs AK · 2nd of 30
Owner-occupied
2,834
Renter-occupied
1,806

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 63% of the borough workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $133,503/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,321/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 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 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 23.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

23.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Tagalog, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 10.2% of the adult civilian population (882 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

76.7% speak only English at home

  • Tagalog 1,863 15.4%
  • Spanish 269 2.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 207 1.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 17 0.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 16 0.1%
  • Arabic 6 0.0%
  • Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,640
Family households
3,193
68.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,380
43.2% of families
Single-mother families
286
9.0% of families
Veterans
882
10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

33.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,978 15.1%
  • Catholic 1,000 7.6%
  • Orthodox 855 6.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 306 2.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 193 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.8%
±3 pp
Uninsured
12.2%
±3 pp
15th of 30
With a disability
8.9%
±2.1 pp
29th of 30
Bachelor's or higher
28.7%
±4.3 pp
−3.0 pp vs AK · 8th of 30
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
17.9%
90% interval 16.1%–19.7% · 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

Kodiak Island totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
10.26 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Kodiak Island 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.

Data sources