Jury Pool Profile

Colusa County, California

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 21,895
Median household income: $75,149
Unemployment: 13.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,210 51.2%
Black or African American alone 311 1.4%
Asian alone 145 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 308 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 5,553 25.4%
Two or more races 4,354 19.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,639 62.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 5,987 27.3%
18–24 1,938 8.9%
25–44 5,618 25.7%
45–64 4,997 22.8%
65 and over 3,355 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 13.8%; +8.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,337
Establishments: 1,056

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 2,364 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,706 18.2%
Education & health services 1,449 15.5%
Public administration 1,174 12.6%
Manufacturing 979 10.5%
Leisure & hospitality 912 9.7%
Professional & business services 372 4.0%
Financial activities 131 1.4%
Construction 124 1.3%
Other services 14 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $1,139
Owner-occupied: 4,646
Renter-occupied: 2,820

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,021 votes cast

Republican 4,414 62.9%
Democratic 2,431 34.6%
Other / third-party 176 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

47.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,573 51.7%
Other Indo-European 110 0.5%
Other 58 0.3%
German 26 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.0%
Vietnamese 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,466
Family households: 5,106; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,862
Single-mother households: 575
Veterans: 790; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,520 39.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,029 4.7%
Mainline Protestant 472 2.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 431 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Colusa 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: Colusa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 31.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023