Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, California

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 68,139
Median household income: $58,738
Unemployment: 7.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,171 69.2%
Black or African American alone 1,478 2.2%
Asian alone 750 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,916 2.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 233 0.3%
Some other race alone 8,647 12.7%
Two or more races 7,944 11.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,184 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 14,828 21.8%
18–24 4,376 6.4%
25–44 15,402 22.6%
45–64 17,428 25.6%
65 and over 16,105 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.4%; +1.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,849
Establishments: 3,657

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,987 39.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,331 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,847 10.5%
Public administration 1,519 8.7%
Natural resources & mining 960 5.5%
Construction 919 5.2%
Professional & business services 774 4.4%
Other services 412 2.4%
Manufacturing 344 2.0%
Financial activities 337 1.9%
Information 90 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $1,292
Owner-occupied: 18,701
Renter-occupied: 7,663

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,759 votes cast

Republican 13,161 49.2%
Democratic 12,794 47.8%
Other / third-party 804 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,825 16.8%
Other Indo-European 598 0.9%
German 215 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 164 0.3%
Other 91 0.1%
Slavic languages 82 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 70 0.1%
Chinese 62 0.1%
Tagalog 47 0.1%
Korean 11 0.0%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,364
Family households: 15,782; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 10,665
Single-mother households: 1,891
Veterans: 4,715; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,377 18.2%
Evangelical Protestant 3,944 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,685 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 541 0.8%
Black Protestant 120 0.2%
Orthodox 31 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 20.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lake County Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Lakeport

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 35.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023