Jury Pool Profile
Orange County, California
- County seat
- Santa Ana
- Judicial district
- Orange County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,149,507
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,165,820.
At a glance
Orange County is a 3,149,507-person venue. The county population is 43% White (Census race-alone categories). 34% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 36.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $114,858, $14,728 above the CA state median of $100,130; 44.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 46.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Vietnamese. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 22.5% of covered employment, average pay $70,201/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 54% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,165,820
- Median household income
- $116,289
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 43%; Black: 2%.
Orange County has a population of 3,165,820, with a median age of 39.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 42.7%; Black residents 1.6%. Independently, 34.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $114,858; 44.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 23% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 22.5% of covered employment, followed by Professional & business services at 18.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the California state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 51%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Orange County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.7% in 2024, 53.5% in 2020, 51.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 46.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
46.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 3.5% of the adult civilian population (87,155 individuals).