Jury Pool Profile

Madera County, California

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 158,790
Median household income: $75,496
Unemployment: 8.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,067 44.1%
Black or African American alone 4,089 2.6%
Asian alone 3,922 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,050 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 199 0.1%
Some other race alone 48,183 30.3%
Two or more races 29,280 18.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95,835 60.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.6

Under 18 43,447 27.4%
18–24 15,044 9.5%
25–44 42,615 26.8%
45–64 34,882 22.0%
65 and over 22,802 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.0%; +2.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.8B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,070
Establishments: 5,638

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,097 26.6%
Natural resources & mining 12,743 22.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,858 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 5,742 10.1%
Public administration 5,210 9.2%
Manufacturing 3,437 6.0%
Professional & business services 3,251 5.7%
Construction 2,380 4.2%
Other services 1,067 1.9%
Financial activities 764 1.3%
Information 294 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.5%
Median gross rent: $1,307
Owner-occupied: 29,168
Renter-occupied: 15,345

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 54,624 votes cast

Republican 32,344 59.2%
Democratic 20,981 38.4%
Other / third-party 1,299 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

54.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 63,118 42.6%
Other Indo-European 2,169 1.5%
Chinese 486 0.3%
Other 338 0.2%
Tagalog 335 0.2%
Arabic 321 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 260 0.2%
German 201 0.1%
Vietnamese 194 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 193 0.1%
Slavic languages 168 0.1%
Korean 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,513
Family households: 34,223; 76.9% of households
Married w/ children: 23,771
Single-mother households: 3,998
Veterans: 5,847; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 46,538 29.8%
Evangelical Protestant 13,439 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,537 4.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,201 0.8%
Black Protestant 678 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Madera County Superior Court
Judges: 10 (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: Madera

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 28; 24.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023