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Jury Pool Profile

Mono County, California

Democratic +20.3 (2024)
County seat
Bridgeport
Judicial district
Mono County Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
12,505
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,148.

At a glance

Mono County is a 12,505-person venue. The county population is 71% White (Census race-alone categories). 27% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 64.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $91,667, $8,463 below the CA state median of $100,130; 32.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 49.0% of covered employment, average pay $40,452/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, below the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 60% of the vote across the three.

Population
13,148
Median household income
$99,415
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 71% / 0%.

Mono County has a population of 13,148, with a median age of 41.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 71.1%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 27.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $91,667; 32.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 8,538 64.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,568 27.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 243 1.8%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 516 3.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 162 1.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 112 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

  • Under 18 2,329 17.7%
  • 18–24 602 4.6%
  • 25–44 4,141 31.5%
  • 45–64 3,779 28.7%
  • 65 and over 2,297 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$91,667
90% interval $82,098–$101,236
−$8,463 vs CA · 24th of 58
Below poverty line
9.8%
90% interval 7.3%–12.3%
−2.0 pp vs CA · 45th of 58

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Hospitality anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Leisure & hospitality, about 49% of covered jobs.

Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 49.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 11.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.13%, below the California state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
−1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.6B
0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,692
Establishments
727

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 4,019 49.0%
  • Education & health services 917 11.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 749 9.1%
  • Public administration 706 8.6%
  • Construction 501 6.1%
  • Financial activities 388 4.7%
  • Professional & business services 364 4.4%
  • Other services 194 2.4%
  • Information 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
65.4%
+9.5 pp vs CA · 24th of 58
Median gross rent
$1,629
−$407 vs CA · 27th of 58
Owner-occupied
3,758
Renter-occupied
1,986

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($87,541 vs $40,452/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 57%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Mono County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.1% in 2024, 59.6% in 2020, 52.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,064 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201640.4%52.3%
202037.3%59.6%
202437.8%58.1%
  • Democratic 3,522 58.1%
  • Republican 2,294 37.8%
  • Other / third-party 248 4.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 22.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

22.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.1% of the adult civilian population (544 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

77.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,387 19.0%
  • Vietnamese 76 0.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 61 0.5%
  • Tagalog 61 0.5%
  • Korean 26 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
5,744
Family households
3,650
63.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
923
25.3% of families
Single-mother families
77
2.1% of families
Veterans
544
5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

16.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 1,155 8.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 688 5.2%
  • Evangelical Protestant 278 2.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 37 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.2%
±2.9 pp
Uninsured
8.8%
±2.9 pp
5th of 58
With a disability
9.3%
±2.6 pp
56th of 58
Bachelor's or higher
32.2%
±4.9 pp
−4.9 pp vs CA · 23rd of 58
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.8%
90% interval 6.8%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Mono County Superior Court
Judges
1 (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
Bridgeport
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Mono totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 6 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
6
55.46 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Mono County, California to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

Data sources

  • Tony McGovern's county-level dataset (GOP/DEM/Other rollups). OpenElections CA coverage is incomplete for county-level files; Tony McGovern's counts match certified California Secretary of State results. https://github.com/tonmcg/US_County_Level_Election_Results_08-24
  • NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024: fatal-crash counts and per-100k-adult rates. Caltrans/CHP publish their own crash data via SWITRS (Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System) but require account credentials; FARS is the authoritative federal source with no auth. https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars
  • Judicial Branch of California, Superior Courts (courts.ca.gov). One Superior Court per county; bench composition + judge counts per county sourced from per-court rosters and the Judicial Council annual Court Statistics Report. https://www.courts.ca.gov/