Jury Pool Profile

Fresno County, California

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 1,012,152
Median household income: $71,434
Unemployment: 8.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 423,296 41.8%
Black or African American alone 44,392 4.4%
Asian alone 111,385 11.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14,036 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,729 0.2%
Some other race alone 205,728 20.3%
Two or more races 211,586 20.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 547,669 54.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.2

Under 18 283,823 28.0%
18–24 97,144 9.6%
25–44 286,180 28.3%
45–64 216,254 21.4%
65 and over 128,751 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.5%; +3.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $64.2B; 1.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,904
Establishments: 44,409

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 129,143 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 78,811 18.5%
Natural resources & mining 42,212 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 39,523 9.3%
Professional & business services 33,501 7.8%
Public administration 26,297 6.2%
Manufacturing 26,218 6.1%
Construction 23,046 5.4%
Other services 13,656 3.2%
Financial activities 11,866 2.8%
Information 2,750 0.6%
Unclassified 57 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.4%
Median gross rent: $1,300
Owner-occupied: 178,533
Renter-occupied: 143,630

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 325,994 votes cast

Republican 165,924 50.9%
Democratic 151,628 46.5%
Other / third-party 8,442 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

56.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 316,114 33.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 37,439 4.0%
Other Indo-European 28,581 3.0%
Tagalog 7,843 0.8%
Arabic 5,926 0.6%
Chinese 5,045 0.5%
Vietnamese 3,288 0.3%
Other 2,182 0.2%
German 1,536 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,521 0.2%
Korean 1,492 0.2%
Slavic languages 1,149 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 322,163
Family households: 229,308; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 149,943
Single-mother households: 30,124
Veterans: 33,616; 4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 223,571 22.2%
Evangelical Protestant 124,372 12.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 55,619 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 10,373 1.0%
Black Protestant 9,664 1.0%
Orthodox 9,175 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Fresno County Superior Court
Judges: 49 (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: Fresno

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 152; 20.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 139

NHTSA FARS 2023