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Jury Pool Profile

Alameda County, California

Democratic +54 (2024)
Population
1,651,949
Median household income
$126,240
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 528,396 32.0%
  • Black or African American alone 163,859 9.9%
  • Asian alone 532,550 32.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14,764 0.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12,309 0.7%
  • Some other race alone 213,185 12.9%
  • Two or more races 186,886 11.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 385,245 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

  • Under 18 331,035 20.0%
  • 18–24 131,012 7.9%
  • 25–44 520,816 31.5%
  • 45–64 422,245 25.6%
  • 65 and over 246,841 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
-0.83 pp vs. state
County GDP
$182.5B
4.51% of state
Avg. annual pay
$98,026
Establishments
73,285

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 198,466 25.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 142,522 18.0%
  • Professional & business services 132,944 16.8%
  • Manufacturing 90,559 11.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 72,590 9.2%
  • Construction 47,866 6.1%
  • Public administration 31,318 4.0%
  • Other services 29,463 3.7%
  • Financial activities 25,956 3.3%
  • Information 17,783 2.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 868 0.1%
  • Unclassified 25 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
54.1%
Median gross rent
$2,318
Owner-occupied
320,712
Renter-occupied
272,405

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 669,800 votes cast

  • Democratic 499,551 74.6%
  • Republican 140,789 21.0%
  • Other / third-party 29,460 4.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

53.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 257,247 16.5%
  • Chinese 144,547 9.2%
  • Other Indo-European 109,374 7.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 69,042 4.4%
  • Tagalog 53,506 3.4%
  • Vietnamese 26,690 1.7%
  • Other 17,916 1.1%
  • Korean 14,166 0.9%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 10,578 0.7%
  • Slavic languages 10,038 0.6%
  • Arabic 9,697 0.6%
  • German 5,683 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
593,117
Family households
388,651
65.5% of households
Married w/ children
295,722
Single-mother households
26,789
Veterans
42,158
3.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.0% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 322,607 19.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 159,414 9.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 118,834 7.1%
  • Black Protestant 43,178 2.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 33,200 2.0%
  • Orthodox 13,362 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.9%
With a disability
9.9%
Bachelor's or higher
51.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Alameda County Superior Court
Judges
70 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 courts.ca.gov per-court rosters and Judicial Council Court Statistics Report. Counts for the smallest rural counties (Alpine, Sierra, Mono, Modoc, Trinity, Mariposa, Colusa) are at or near the statutory authorized-judgeship floor per Cal. Gov. Code § 69590 et seq.)
Court seats
Oakland
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
99
7.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
92

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Alameda County, California to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, 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.