Jury Pool Profile

Amador County, California

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 41,029
Median household income: $81,526
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,903 77.8%
Black or African American alone 825 2.0%
Asian alone 587 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 492 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 26 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,163 5.3%
Two or more races 5,033 12.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,361 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.9

Under 18 6,356 15.5%
18–24 2,169 5.3%
25–44 9,741 23.7%
45–64 11,600 28.3%
65 and over 11,163 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,581
Establishments: 1,348

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 2,857 22.9%
Education & health services 2,382 19.1%
Leisure & hospitality 2,138 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,875 15.0%
Manufacturing 770 6.2%
Professional & business services 587 4.7%
Natural resources & mining 565 4.5%
Construction 520 4.2%
Other services 374 3.0%
Financial activities 259 2.1%
Information 166 1.3%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $1,380
Owner-occupied: 12,863
Renter-occupied: 3,203

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,402 votes cast

Republican 14,018 62.6%
Democratic 7,783 34.7%
Other / third-party 601 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,509 6.4%
Tagalog 230 0.6%
Arabic 210 0.5%
Other 198 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 154 0.4%
Slavic languages 140 0.4%
Other Indo-European 130 0.3%
German 120 0.3%
Chinese 105 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 78 0.2%
Vietnamese 35 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,066
Family households: 10,667; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,596
Single-mother households: 478
Veterans: 3,770; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,139 12.7%
Evangelical Protestant 3,670 9.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,798 4.4%
Mainline Protestant 311 0.8%
Orthodox 160 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Amador County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Jackson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 31.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023