Jury Pool Profile
Lassen County, California
- County seat
- Susanville
- Judicial district
- Lassen County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 28,117
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,356.
At a glance
Lassen County is a 28,117-person venue. The county population is 67% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 23% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 61.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $68,185, $31,945 below the CA state median of $100,130; 13.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 42.7% of covered employment, average pay $69,987/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.72%, above the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 76% of the vote across the three. At least 22% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 30,356
- Median household income
- $67,403
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 67% / 6%.
Lassen County has a population of 30,356, with a median age of 38.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.2%; Black residents 6.2%. Independently, 22.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $68,185; 13.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Public administration, about 43% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 42.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 23.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.72%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lassen County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.8% in 2024, 74.8% in 2020, 72.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
18.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (1,833 individuals).