Jury Pool Profile
Colusa County, California
- County seat
- Colusa
- Judicial district
- Colusa County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 21,836
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 21,984.
At a glance
Colusa County is a 21,836-person venue. The county population is 39% White (Census race-alone categories). 63% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 29.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $69,149, $30,981 below the CA state median of $100,130; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 53.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 24.1% of covered employment, average pay $57,116/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 13.15%, above the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 54% to 63% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 21,984
- Median household income
- $75,672
- Unemployment
- 13.2%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 39%; Black: 2%.
Colusa County has a population of 21,984, with a median age of 35.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 38.5%; Black residents 1.5%. Independently, 62.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $69,149; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Natural resources & mining, about 24% of covered jobs.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 24.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 16.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 13.15%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Colusa County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 62.9% in 2024, 57.3% in 2020, 53.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 53.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
53.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (722 individuals).