Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, California

Democratic +3 (2024)

Population: 3,164,063
Median household income: $113,702
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,468,454 46.4%
Black or African American alone 51,952 1.6%
Asian alone 694,189 21.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23,889 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9,954 0.3%
Some other race alone 444,982 14.1%
Two or more races 470,643 14.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,080,480 34.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 674,833 21.3%
18–24 284,103 9.0%
25–44 864,475 27.3%
45–64 841,655 26.6%
65 and over 498,997 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -1.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $351.8B; 8.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $81,403
Establishments: 148,394

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 361,420 21.8%
Professional & business services 311,175 18.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 269,319 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 235,534 14.2%
Manufacturing 153,972 9.3%
Construction 105,838 6.4%
Financial activities 102,262 6.2%
Other services 52,157 3.1%
Public administration 45,468 2.7%
Information 21,909 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 2,108 0.1%
Unclassified 111 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.4%
Median gross rent: $2,352
Owner-occupied: 606,605
Renter-occupied: 468,049

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,390,965 votes cast

Democratic 691,731 49.7%
Republican 654,815 47.1%
Other / third-party 44,419 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

54.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 728,952 24.3%
Vietnamese 185,662 6.2%
Other Indo-European 103,632 3.5%
Chinese 95,961 3.2%
Korean 77,223 2.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 56,467 1.9%
Tagalog 48,144 1.6%
Arabic 29,566 1.0%
Slavic languages 17,591 0.6%
German 12,362 0.4%
Other 9,795 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 9,535 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,074,654
Family households: 760,555; 70.8% of households
Married w/ children: 576,173
Single-mother households: 50,339
Veterans: 89,830; 3.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 952,343 29.9%
Evangelical Protestant 371,610 11.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 184,693 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 42,327 1.3%
Orthodox 22,636 0.7%
Black Protestant 4,171 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 9.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Orange County Superior Court
Judges: 145 (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: Santa Ana

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 231; 9.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 217

NHTSA FARS 2023