Jury Pool Profile

Imperial County, California

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 179,319
Median household income: $56,393
Unemployment: 18.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,559 30.4%
Black or African American alone 4,460 2.5%
Asian alone 2,702 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,857 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.0%
Some other race alone 67,702 37.8%
Two or more races 47,008 26.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 153,460 85.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33

Under 18 51,116 28.5%
18–24 17,621 9.8%
25–44 48,616 27.1%
45–64 37,847 21.1%
65 and over 24,119 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 18.8%; +13.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.9B; 0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,639
Establishments: 9,795

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 20,275 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,150 21.1%
Natural resources & mining 8,969 13.4%
Public administration 8,665 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 5,325 7.9%
Professional & business services 3,295 4.9%
Manufacturing 2,197 3.3%
Construction 1,794 2.7%
Financial activities 1,208 1.8%
Other services 1,043 1.6%
Information 224 0.3%
Unclassified 20 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.8%
Median gross rent: $1,012
Owner-occupied: 27,732
Renter-occupied: 21,112

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 54,025 votes cast

Republican 26,546 49.1%
Democratic 26,083 48.3%
Other / third-party 1,396 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

24.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 122,529 73.7%
Korean 475 0.3%
Other 345 0.2%
Other Indo-European 340 0.2%
Tagalog 328 0.2%
Chinese 227 0.1%
Arabic 180 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 177 0.1%
Vietnamese 124 0.1%
Slavic languages 40 0.0%
German 33 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 48,844
Family households: 36,700; 75.1% of households
Married w/ children: 23,973
Single-mother households: 4,291
Veterans: 4,671; 3.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

86.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 135,485 75.4%
Evangelical Protestant 10,865 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,276 4.0%
Mainline Protestant 748 0.4%
Black Protestant 650 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Imperial County Superior Court
Judges: 12 (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: El Centro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 13.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023