Jury Pool Profile

Lassen County, California

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 31,177
Median household income: $64,395
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,468 68.9%
Black or African American alone 2,576 8.3%
Asian alone 543 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 844 2.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 294 0.9%
Some other race alone 1,088 3.5%
Two or more races 4,364 14.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,027 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 5,580 17.9%
18–24 2,271 7.3%
25–44 10,984 35.2%
45–64 7,365 23.6%
65 and over 4,977 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,583
Establishments: 784

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 3,818 41.6%
Education & health services 2,186 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,342 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 609 6.6%
Natural resources & mining 390 4.3%
Professional & business services 287 3.1%
Other services 148 1.6%
Financial activities 116 1.3%
Information 59 0.6%
Construction 29 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.2%
Median gross rent: $1,043
Owner-occupied: 6,180
Renter-occupied: 2,880

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,371 votes cast

Republican 8,619 75.8%
Democratic 2,478 21.8%
Other / third-party 274 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,446 15.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 345 1.2%
Chinese 148 0.5%
Other Indo-European 134 0.5%
Other 79 0.3%
German 62 0.2%
Vietnamese 61 0.2%
Tagalog 41 0.1%
Korean 40 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,060
Family households: 5,905; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,350
Single-mother households: 534
Veterans: 2,032; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,970 12.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,458 7.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,781 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 229 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 18.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lassen County Superior Court
Judges: 3 (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: Susanville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 27.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023