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Napa County, California

Democratic +34.8 (2024)
County seat
Napa
Judicial district
Napa County Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
132,949
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 134,869.

At a glance

Napa County is a 132,949-person venue. The county population is 56% White (Census race-alone categories). 36% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 48.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $116,139, $16,009 above the CA state median of $100,130; 39.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 34.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 21.4% of covered employment, average pay $75,358/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.32%, below the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 65% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
134,869
Median household income
$111,471
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 56% / 2%.

Napa County has a population of 134,869, with a median age of 42.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 55.6%; Black residents 2.0%. Independently, 36.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $116,139; 39.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 65,479 48.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49,046 36.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,292 1.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 10,875 8.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,914 4.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 214 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 390 0.3%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 659 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

  • Under 18 26,226 19.4%
  • 18–24 11,123 8.2%
  • 25–44 33,879 25.1%
  • 45–64 35,186 26.1%
  • 65 and over 28,455 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$116,139
90% interval $109,974–$122,304
+$16,009 vs CA · 7th of 58
Below poverty line
7.8%
90% interval 6.1%–9.5%
−4.0 pp vs CA · 55th of 58

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 21% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 21.4% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 17.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.32%, below the California state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
−1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP
$14.6B
0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay
$73,209
Establishments
6,653

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 16,907 21.4%
  • Manufacturing 13,980 17.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 13,218 16.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 10,321 13.1%
  • Professional & business services 6,901 8.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 5,752 7.3%
  • Construction 4,086 5.2%
  • Public administration 3,510 4.4%
  • Other services 2,195 2.8%
  • Financial activities 1,824 2.3%
  • Information 371 0.5%
  • Unclassified 7 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
63.4%
+7.5 pp vs CA · 28th of 58
Median gross rent
$2,237
+$201 vs CA · 11th of 58
Owner-occupied
31,555
Renter-occupied
18,208

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $120,584/yr) pays 2.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $48,090/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 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

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

3 of the top 5 employers on this list (5 of the listed 8) are in education & health services, accounting for 5,863 employees on this list. This concentrates 'big institutional employer' juror experience in one sector; confirm employer ties before any framing that touches it.

# Employer Sector Employees
1 Napa State Hospital State psychiatric hospital (state government) 2,335
2 County of Napa County government 1,480
3 Napa Valley Unified School District Public school district 1,156
4 Providence Queen of the Valley Hospital 1,027
5 Trinchero Family Estates Winery (beverage manufacturing) 1,008
6 Veterans' Home of California Veterans nursing and residential care home (state-run health care) 735
7 Wal-Mart - Napa and American Canyon Retail 700
8 Adventist Health St. Helena Hospital 610

Showing 8 of 10 employers on the published list(9,946 employees total).

Source: County of Napa, California, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, 'Principal Employers' schedule, sourced to the Napa Chamber of Commerce, the State Employment Development Department and the Auditor-Controller's phone survey, which the county calls a general guide only. Ranks are ours; the source prints its ten employers unranked. (2025)

Political composition

Consistently strongly Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Napa County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.9% in 2024, 69.1% in 2020, 64.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 65,549 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201629.6%64.8%
202028.7%69.1%
202431.1%65.9%
  • Democratic 43,212 65.9%
  • Republican 20,357 31.1%
  • Other / third-party 1,980 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 34.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

34.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.2% of the adult civilian population (5,614 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

65.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 34,553 26.8%
  • Tagalog 4,111 3.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 702 0.5%
  • Chinese 667 0.5%
  • German or other West Germanic 432 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 400 0.3%
  • Arabic 260 0.2%
  • Korean 227 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 145 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
49,763
Family households
33,035
66.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
9,525
28.8% of families
Single-mother families
2,103
6.4% of families
Veterans
5,614
5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

50.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 43,623 31.6%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,347 8.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 10,336 7.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,691 1.9%
  • Orthodox 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.3%
±0.7 pp
Uninsured
5.7%
±0.7 pp
35th of 58
With a disability
12.8%
±0.9 pp
30th of 58
Bachelor's or higher
39.8%
±1.4 pp
+2.7 pp vs CA · 15th of 58
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.0%
90% interval 6.3%–7.7% · 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
Napa County Superior Court
Judges
10 (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
Napa
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Napa totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 11 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
11
10.12 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
11

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Napa 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/