Jury Pool Profile

Del Norte County, California

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 27,293
Median household income: $66,780
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,316 67.1%
Black or African American alone 805 2.9%
Asian alone 856 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,911 7.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 119 0.4%
Some other race alone 2,257 8.3%
Two or more races 3,029 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,350 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 5,728 21.0%
18–24 1,712 6.3%
25–44 7,438 27.3%
45–64 7,023 25.7%
65 and over 5,392 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,835
Establishments: 845

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,553 30.7%
Public administration 2,111 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,251 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,151 13.8%
Natural resources & mining 301 3.6%
Construction 279 3.4%
Professional & business services 175 2.1%
Financial activities 174 2.1%
Manufacturing 171 2.1%
Other services 90 1.1%
Information 74 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $1,182
Owner-occupied: 6,851
Renter-occupied: 2,770

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,564 votes cast

Republican 5,999 56.8%
Democratic 4,266 40.4%
Other / third-party 299 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,156 8.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 325 1.3%
Other 170 0.7%
Korean 123 0.5%
Slavic languages 111 0.4%
Vietnamese 108 0.4%
Other Indo-European 61 0.2%
Chinese 51 0.2%
Tagalog 41 0.2%
German 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,621
Family households: 6,453; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,677
Single-mother households: 477
Veterans: 1,480; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

14.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,798 6.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,016 3.7%
Catholic 764 2.8%
Mainline Protestant 230 0.8%
Black Protestant 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Del Norte 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: Crescent City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 23.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023