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Jury Pool Profile

El Dorado County, California

Republican +12 (2024)
Population
192,299
Median household income
$106,190
Unemployment
5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 153,632 79.9%
  • Black or African American alone 1,644 0.9%
  • Asian alone 10,082 5.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,189 0.6%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 241 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 7,891 4.1%
  • Two or more races 17,620 9.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,230 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

  • Under 18 37,917 19.7%
  • 18–24 12,550 6.5%
  • 25–44 43,191 22.5%
  • 45–64 54,833 28.5%
  • 65 and over 43,808 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.0%
-0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP
$11.6B
0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay
$66,226
Establishments
6,552

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 13,363 22.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 10,973 18.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 8,798 15.0%
  • Construction 6,236 10.6%
  • Professional & business services 6,108 10.4%
  • Public administration 3,935 6.7%
  • Financial activities 3,292 5.6%
  • Manufacturing 2,726 4.7%
  • Other services 2,126 3.6%
  • Information 533 0.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 495 0.8%
  • Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
76.4%
Median gross rent
$1,626
Owner-occupied
57,838
Renter-occupied
17,881

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 111,890 votes cast

  • Republican 61,109 54.6%
  • Democratic 47,703 42.6%
  • Other / third-party 3,078 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 11,703 6.4%
  • Other Indo-European 2,022 1.1%
  • Tagalog 1,747 1.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 1,747 1.0%
  • Slavic languages 1,048 0.6%
  • Chinese 1,048 0.6%
  • German 974 0.5%
  • Korean 743 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 480 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 428 0.2%
  • Arabic 258 0.1%
  • Other 216 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
75,719
Family households
53,032
70.0% of households
Married w/ children
43,822
Single-mother households
2,893
Veterans
11,998
7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.2% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 27,950 14.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 15,796 8.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,217 6.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,707 0.9%
  • Orthodox 70 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.0%
With a disability
12.5%
Bachelor's or higher
38.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
El Dorado County Superior Court
Judges
11 (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
Placerville
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
18
11.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
16

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for El Dorado 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.