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Jury Pool Profile

Calaveras County, California

Republican +28 (2024)
Population
45,995
Median household income
$79,877
Unemployment
6.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 37,159 80.8%
  • Black or African American alone 529 1.2%
  • Asian alone 1,066 2.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 676 1.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 1,391 3.0%
  • Two or more races 5,150 11.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,403 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52

  • Under 18 7,768 16.9%
  • 18–24 2,533 5.5%
  • 25–44 9,160 19.9%
  • 45–64 13,314 28.9%
  • 65 and over 13,220 28.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
6.4%
+0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.1B
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$57,838
Establishments
1,514

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,677 26.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,939 18.9%
  • Public administration 1,360 13.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,305 12.7%
  • Construction 1,036 10.1%
  • Professional & business services 879 8.6%
  • Other services 350 3.4%
  • Manufacturing 305 3.0%
  • Financial activities 174 1.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 137 1.3%
  • Information 100 1.0%
  • Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
84.4%
Median gross rent
$1,615
Owner-occupied
15,099
Renter-occupied
2,798

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,479 votes cast

  • Republican 16,625 62.8%
  • Democratic 9,181 34.7%
  • Other / third-party 673 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,714 6.1%
  • Tagalog 402 0.9%
  • Chinese 313 0.7%
  • Other Indo-European 188 0.4%
  • Other 123 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 107 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 90 0.2%
  • German 84 0.2%
  • Arabic 56 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.1%
  • Korean 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
17,897
Family households
12,801
71.5% of households
Married w/ children
10,460
Single-mother households
652
Veterans
3,355
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,922 8.7%
  • Catholic 2,023 4.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,300 2.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 481 1.1%
  • Black Protestant 80 0.2%
  • Orthodox 25 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.7%
With a disability
21.1%
Bachelor's or higher
22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Calaveras County Superior Court
Judges
3 (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
San Andreas
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
14
36.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
12

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Calaveras 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.