Jury Pool Profile

Butte County, California

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 209,470
Median household income: $68,574
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 152,117 72.6%
Black or African American alone 3,712 1.8%
Asian alone 11,335 5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,586 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 644 0.3%
Some other race alone 13,784 6.6%
Two or more races 25,292 12.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,829 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 42,935 20.5%
18–24 30,289 14.5%
25–44 52,133 24.9%
45–64 46,059 22.0%
65 and over 38,054 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.9B; 0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,521
Establishments: 9,029

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 28,730 36.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,713 17.4%
Leisure & hospitality 9,677 12.2%
Professional & business services 5,153 6.5%
Public administration 4,304 5.4%
Construction 4,048 5.1%
Manufacturing 3,734 4.7%
Other services 3,696 4.7%
Natural resources & mining 2,817 3.6%
Financial activities 2,525 3.2%
Information 598 0.8%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.3%
Median gross rent: $1,369
Owner-occupied: 47,987
Renter-occupied: 34,358

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 94,523 votes cast

Republican 47,179 49.9%
Democratic 44,228 46.8%
Other / third-party 3,116 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,808 11.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,596 2.3%
Other Indo-European 1,686 0.8%
Chinese 1,008 0.5%
Tagalog 740 0.4%
Arabic 673 0.3%
Slavic languages 531 0.3%
Vietnamese 435 0.2%
German 404 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 398 0.2%
Korean 307 0.2%
Other 237 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 82,345
Family households: 48,675; 59.1% of households
Married w/ children: 34,436
Single-mother households: 4,974
Veterans: 11,472; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 22,429 10.6%
Evangelical Protestant 19,490 9.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,615 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,424 2.1%
Black Protestant 1,010 0.5%
Orthodox 300 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Butte County Superior Court
Judges: 11 (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: Oroville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 35; 21.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 33

NHTSA FARS 2023