Jury Pool Profile

Nevada County, California

Democratic +12 (2024)

Population: 102,452
Median household income: $84,905
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 87,829 85.7%
Black or African American alone 314 0.3%
Asian alone 1,821 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 505 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 64 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,385 2.3%
Two or more races 9,534 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,723 10.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.3

Under 18 17,514 17.1%
18–24 5,711 5.6%
25–44 22,145 21.6%
45–64 27,491 26.8%
65 and over 29,591 28.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.2B; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,734
Establishments: 4,494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,236 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,902 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 5,573 15.9%
Construction 3,646 10.4%
Professional & business services 3,235 9.2%
Other services 2,176 6.2%
Public administration 2,167 6.2%
Manufacturing 1,272 3.6%
Financial activities 1,177 3.4%
Information 331 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 283 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.4%
Median gross rent: $1,635
Owner-occupied: 31,170
Renter-occupied: 10,703

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 62,132 votes cast

Democratic 33,784 54.4%
Republican 26,177 42.1%
Other / third-party 2,171 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,247 5.3%
German 542 0.6%
Other Indo-European 516 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 510 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 459 0.5%
Arabic 403 0.4%
Slavic languages 249 0.3%
Other 184 0.2%
Tagalog 157 0.2%
Chinese 150 0.2%
Vietnamese 129 0.1%
Korean 49 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 41,873
Family households: 26,938; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 21,858
Single-mother households: 1,788
Veterans: 7,223; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,000 11.7%
Catholic 7,837 7.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,486 7.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,785 1.7%
Black Protestant 80 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Nevada County Superior Court
Judges: 6 (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: Nevada City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 16.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023