Jury Pool Profile

Kings County, California

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 152,830
Median household income: $68,750
Unemployment: 9.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,362 46.0%
Black or African American alone 9,782 6.4%
Asian alone 5,381 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,931 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 395 0.3%
Some other race alone 33,027 21.6%
Two or more races 30,952 20.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87,860 57.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.3

Under 18 41,374 27.1%
18–24 15,911 10.4%
25–44 48,127 31.5%
45–64 31,197 20.4%
65 and over 16,221 10.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 9.4%; +3.99 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.2B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,351
Establishments: 5,457

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 14,256 28.1%
Natural resources & mining 7,797 15.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,843 13.5%
Public administration 6,727 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 5,462 10.8%
Manufacturing 4,646 9.1%
Professional & business services 2,248 4.4%
Construction 1,160 2.3%
Financial activities 760 1.5%
Other services 721 1.4%
Information 171 0.3%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.8%
Median gross rent: $1,228
Owner-occupied: 23,976
Renter-occupied: 19,760

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,501 votes cast

Republican 25,074 60.4%
Democratic 15,519 37.4%
Other / third-party 908 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 53,500 37.7%
Tagalog 2,097 1.5%
Other Indo-European 1,558 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 652 0.5%
Chinese 585 0.4%
Other 396 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 226 0.2%
German 224 0.2%
Arabic 188 0.1%
Vietnamese 173 0.1%
Korean 79 0.1%
Slavic languages 55 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,736
Family households: 33,440; 76.5% of households
Married w/ children: 22,472
Single-mother households: 4,099
Veterans: 7,300; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 53,195 34.9%
Evangelical Protestant 7,819 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,132 3.4%
Mainline Protestant 2,325 1.5%
Black Protestant 486 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Kings County Superior Court
Judges: 9 (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: Hanford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 34.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 33

NHTSA FARS 2023