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Jury Pool Profile

Prince of Wales-Hyder Borough, Alaska

Population
5,730
Median household income
$59,079
Unemployment
9.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 2,547 44.5%
  • Black or African American alone 21 0.4%
  • Asian alone 106 1.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,141 37.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 39 0.7%
  • Some other race alone 22 0.4%
  • Two or more races 854 14.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 207 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

  • Under 18 1,225 21.4%
  • 18–24 407 7.1%
  • 25–44 1,293 22.6%
  • 45–64 1,641 28.6%
  • 65 and over 1,164 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
9.0%
+4.29 pp vs. state
County GDP
$294.0M
0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay
$54,711
Establishments
231

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Public administration 677 32.1%
  • Education & health services 512 24.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 366 17.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 122 5.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 119 5.6%
  • Manufacturing 117 5.5%
  • Financial activities 79 3.7%
  • Professional & business services 48 2.3%
  • Construction 35 1.7%
  • Other services 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
71.6%
Median gross rent
$915
Owner-occupied
1,681
Renter-occupied
667

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

  • Other 192 3.5%
  • Spanish 48 0.9%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.7%
  • Tagalog 27 0.5%
  • German 18 0.3%
  • Other Indo-European 13 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 8 0.1%
  • Chinese 6 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 3 0.1%
  • Arabic 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
2,348
Family households
1,428
60.8% of households
Married w/ children
993
Single-mother households
121
Veterans
393
8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 912 15.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 712 12.4%
  • Catholic 127 2.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 63 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
81.8%
With a disability
20.7%
Bachelor's or higher
17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
1st Judicial District Superior Court
Judges
4 (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 ), Hoonah, Ketchikan, Klawock, Petersburg

This judicial district spans multiple boroughs.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Alaska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Prince of Wales-Hyder 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.