Jury Pool Profile

Contra Costa County, California

Democratic +38 (2024)

Population: 1,161,458
Median household income: $125,727
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 505,202 43.5%
Black or African American alone 98,346 8.5%
Asian alone 214,958 18.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9,941 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5,593 0.5%
Some other race alone 158,800 13.7%
Two or more races 168,618 14.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 316,799 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 258,092 22.2%
18–24 92,378 8.0%
25–44 305,604 26.3%
45–64 311,568 26.8%
65 and over 193,816 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $96.6B; 2.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $86,234
Establishments: 39,474

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 114,042 30.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 66,495 17.8%
Professional & business services 53,366 14.3%
Leisure & hospitality 41,303 11.0%
Construction 27,779 7.4%
Financial activities 22,845 6.1%
Public administration 14,815 4.0%
Other services 13,314 3.6%
Manufacturing 13,307 3.6%
Information 5,792 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 918 0.2%
Unclassified 16 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.7%
Median gross rent: $2,322
Owner-occupied: 278,509
Renter-occupied: 133,153

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 528,904 votes cast

Democratic 356,008 67.3%
Republican 155,308 29.4%
Other / third-party 17,588 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

63.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 209,115 19.0%
Other Indo-European 50,477 4.6%
Chinese 38,634 3.5%
Tagalog 32,399 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 26,611 2.4%
Slavic languages 11,503 1.0%
Vietnamese 8,400 0.8%
Korean 7,375 0.7%
Other 7,338 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 6,048 0.6%
Arabic 6,013 0.5%
German 3,207 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 411,662
Family households: 293,999; 71.4% of households
Married w/ children: 222,817
Single-mother households: 22,347
Veterans: 39,719; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 312,835 26.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 70,444 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 62,918 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 19,555 1.7%
Black Protestant 16,418 1.4%
Orthodox 2,522 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 44.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Contra Costa County Superior Court
Judges: 38 (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: Martinez

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 98; 10.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 87

NHTSA FARS 2023