Jury Pool Profile

Modoc County, California

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 8,646
Median household income: $56,648
Unemployment: 7.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,974 80.7%
Black or African American alone 72 0.8%
Asian alone 103 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 212 2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 489 5.7%
Two or more races 796 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,321 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49

Under 18 1,661 19.2%
18–24 547 6.3%
25–44 1,803 20.9%
45–64 1,955 22.6%
65 and over 2,680 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.2%; +1.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $687.7M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,973
Establishments: 426

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 816 29.5%
Public administration 475 17.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 361 13.0%
Natural resources & mining 336 12.1%
Professional & business services 253 9.1%
Leisure & hospitality 245 8.9%
Other services 112 4.0%
Construction 104 3.8%
Manufacturing 9 0.3%
Information 5 0.2%
Financial activities 3 0.1%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $818
Owner-occupied: 2,524
Renter-occupied: 740

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,016 votes cast

Republican 2,884 71.8%
Democratic 1,008 25.1%
Other / third-party 124 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 805 9.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.8%
Other Indo-European 26 0.3%
Chinese 12 0.1%
Other 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Korean 8 0.1%
German 7 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.1%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,264
Family households: 2,068; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,671
Single-mother households: 176
Veterans: 797; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.1% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 985 11.3%
Catholic 809 9.3%
Evangelical Protestant 557 6.4%
Black Protestant 406 4.7%
Mainline Protestant 124 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Modoc 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: Alturas

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 28.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023