Jury Pool Profile

Mariposa County, California

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 17,060
Median household income: $65,378
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,594 79.7%
Black or African American alone 224 1.3%
Asian alone 277 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 305 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 940 5.5%
Two or more races 1,713 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,341 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.6

Under 18 2,874 16.8%
18–24 794 4.7%
25–44 3,625 21.2%
45–64 4,758 27.9%
65 and over 5,009 29.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,414
Establishments: 643

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,623 43.2%
Education & health services 1,070 17.6%
Public administration 1,001 16.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 500 8.2%
Construction 253 4.2%
Other services 209 3.4%
Professional & business services 166 2.7%
Manufacturing 92 1.5%
Financial activities 88 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 59 1.0%
Information 14 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $1,268
Owner-occupied: 5,616
Renter-occupied: 1,899

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,509 votes cast

Republican 5,625 59.2%
Democratic 3,622 38.1%
Other / third-party 262 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,318 8.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 93 0.6%
German 70 0.4%
Chinese 66 0.4%
Other 65 0.4%
Other Indo-European 63 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.2%
Arabic 26 0.2%
Vietnamese 20 0.1%
Korean 17 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,515
Family households: 4,451; 59.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,561
Single-mother households: 264
Veterans: 1,349; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,410 14.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,504 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 555 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 461 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Mariposa County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Mariposa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 21.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023