Jury Pool Profile

Humboldt County, California

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 135,418
Median household income: $61,135
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 99,692 73.6%
Black or African American alone 1,721 1.3%
Asian alone 4,250 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,089 3.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 364 0.3%
Some other race alone 7,907 5.8%
Two or more races 16,395 12.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,744 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 25,685 19.0%
18–24 16,238 12.0%
25–44 35,473 26.2%
45–64 31,940 23.6%
65 and over 26,082 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.6B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,212
Establishments: 7,685

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,455 33.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,788 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 6,141 11.8%
Public administration 6,092 11.7%
Professional & business services 3,034 5.9%
Construction 2,622 5.1%
Other services 2,275 4.4%
Manufacturing 2,193 4.2%
Financial activities 1,693 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,131 2.2%
Information 433 0.8%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.3%
Median gross rent: $1,249
Owner-occupied: 30,879
Renter-occupied: 23,999

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 64,228 votes cast

Democratic 39,800 62.0%
Republican 21,559 33.6%
Other / third-party 2,869 4.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,734 6.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,456 1.1%
Other Indo-European 1,242 1.0%
Chinese 495 0.4%
Other 425 0.3%
Vietnamese 391 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 277 0.2%
Tagalog 275 0.2%
German 220 0.2%
Slavic languages 206 0.2%
Korean 153 0.1%
Arabic 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 54,878
Family households: 30,043; 54.7% of households
Married w/ children: 21,041
Single-mother households: 3,154
Veterans: 6,576; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

19.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,693 6.4%
Evangelical Protestant 7,965 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,119 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,338 1.7%
Orthodox 70 0.1%
Black Protestant 30 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Humboldt County Superior Court
Judges: 8 (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: Eureka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 23.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023