Jury Pool Profile

Mendocino County, California

Democratic +27 (2024)

Population: 90,709
Median household income: $64,688
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,962 68.3%
Black or African American alone 858 0.9%
Asian alone 2,014 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,195 3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 81 0.1%
Some other race alone 7,380 8.1%
Two or more races 15,219 16.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,440 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 19,142 21.1%
18–24 6,376 7.0%
25–44 20,871 23.0%
45–64 22,491 24.8%
65 and over 21,829 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.7B; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,903
Establishments: 4,522

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,508 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,867 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 4,331 13.5%
Public administration 2,841 8.9%
Manufacturing 2,239 7.0%
Professional & business services 2,019 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,848 5.8%
Construction 1,532 4.8%
Financial activities 976 3.0%
Other services 694 2.2%
Information 229 0.7%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.9%
Median gross rent: $1,325
Owner-occupied: 21,044
Renter-occupied: 13,526

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 39,216 votes cast

Democratic 24,049 61.3%
Republican 13,528 34.5%
Other / third-party 1,639 4.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 15,785 18.4%
Chinese 583 0.7%
Other Indo-European 570 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 321 0.4%
Tagalog 275 0.3%
Vietnamese 235 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 231 0.3%
German 202 0.2%
Other 140 0.2%
Slavic languages 99 0.1%
Korean 46 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,570
Family households: 20,056; 58.0% of households
Married w/ children: 13,903
Single-mother households: 2,371
Veterans: 4,697; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 15,900 17.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,069 15.4%
Evangelical Protestant 4,796 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,760 1.9%
Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Mendocino County Superior Court
Judges: 7 (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: Ukiah

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 30.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023