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Jury Pool Profile

Sitka Borough, Alaska

Population
8,393
Median household income
$101,207
Unemployment
3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 5,163 61.5%
  • Black or African American alone 31 0.4%
  • Asian alone 623 7.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 748 8.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 74 0.9%
  • Some other race alone 147 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1,607 19.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 575 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

  • Under 18 1,647 19.6%
  • 18–24 645 7.7%
  • 25–44 2,436 29.0%
  • 45–64 2,216 26.4%
  • 65 and over 1,449 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.2%
-1.51 pp vs. state
County GDP
$734.7M
1.03% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,555
Establishments
413

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,286 28.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 913 20.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 654 14.6%
  • Public administration 530 11.8%
  • Manufacturing 445 9.9%
  • Construction 194 4.3%
  • Professional & business services 175 3.9%
  • Other services 104 2.3%
  • Financial activities 83 1.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 67 1.5%
  • Information 29 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
61.7%
Median gross rent
$1,350
Owner-occupied
2,160
Renter-occupied
1,343

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 344 4.3%
  • Tagalog 313 3.9%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 159 2.0%
  • Other 113 1.4%
  • Other Indo-European 36 0.4%
  • German 24 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 17 0.2%
  • Chinese 10 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%
  • Arabic 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
3,503
Family households
2,241
64.0% of households
Married w/ children
1,767
Single-mother households
137
Veterans
505
7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 816 9.6%
  • Catholic 600 7.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 434 5.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 340 4.0%
  • Orthodox 150 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
88.4%
With a disability
17.1%
Bachelor's or higher
34.4%

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 Sitka 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.