Jury Pool Profile

Monterey County, California

Democratic +30 (2024)

Population: 435,834
Median household income: $94,486
Unemployment: 8.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 159,097 36.5%
Black or African American alone 9,533 2.2%
Asian alone 25,202 5.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,510 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,226 0.5%
Some other race alone 177,511 40.7%
Two or more races 58,755 13.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 265,748 61.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.3

Under 18 113,201 26.0%
18–24 43,359 9.9%
25–44 117,052 26.9%
45–64 98,990 22.7%
65 and over 63,232 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.0%; +2.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $38.3B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,375
Establishments: 15,844

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 55,740 27.8%
Education & health services 40,466 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 26,556 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 25,932 13.0%
Public administration 14,573 7.3%
Professional & business services 13,778 6.9%
Construction 7,727 3.9%
Other services 5,608 2.8%
Manufacturing 4,682 2.3%
Financial activities 4,106 2.1%
Information 1,077 0.5%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.3%
Median gross rent: $1,995
Owner-occupied: 69,033
Renter-occupied: 63,013

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 146,718 votes cast

Democratic 93,060 63.4%
Republican 49,226 33.6%
Other / third-party 4,432 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

44.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 200,327 49.2%
Tagalog 5,829 1.4%
Other Indo-European 4,254 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,274 0.8%
Chinese 2,705 0.7%
Arabic 1,565 0.4%
Slavic languages 1,518 0.4%
German 1,411 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,343 0.3%
Korean 1,290 0.3%
Other 1,069 0.3%
Vietnamese 904 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 132,046
Family households: 96,239; 72.9% of households
Married w/ children: 67,983
Single-mother households: 10,150
Veterans: 14,289; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 203,884 46.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 28,026 6.4%
Evangelical Protestant 21,834 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 5,821 1.3%
Black Protestant 2,110 0.5%
Orthodox 375 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 9.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Monterey County Superior Court
Judges: 23 (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: Salinas

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 39; 12.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 36

NHTSA FARS 2023