Jury Pool Profile

Placer County, California

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 412,435
Median household income: $114,678
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 299,005 72.5%
Black or African American alone 6,816 1.7%
Asian alone 37,124 9.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,033 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 750 0.2%
Some other race alone 16,362 4.0%
Two or more races 50,345 12.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63,412 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 90,610 22.0%
18–24 29,724 7.2%
25–44 100,961 24.5%
45–64 107,904 26.2%
65 and over 83,236 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -1.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $34.3B; 0.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,804
Establishments: 15,743

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 47,121 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 31,868 17.0%
Leisure & hospitality 29,823 16.0%
Professional & business services 23,115 12.4%
Construction 19,416 10.4%
Financial activities 11,916 6.4%
Other services 7,213 3.9%
Manufacturing 7,078 3.8%
Public administration 6,915 3.7%
Information 1,993 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 459 0.2%
Unclassified 28 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $1,991
Owner-occupied: 115,446
Renter-occupied: 39,976

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 234,809 votes cast

Republican 123,941 52.8%
Democratic 103,958 44.3%
Other / third-party 6,910 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 24,777 6.3%
Other Indo-European 11,871 3.0%
Tagalog 6,320 1.6%
Slavic languages 5,853 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,596 0.9%
Chinese 3,486 0.9%
German 1,505 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,488 0.4%
Arabic 1,405 0.4%
Korean 1,064 0.3%
Other 1,021 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 983 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 155,422
Family households: 110,695; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 90,463
Single-mother households: 6,535
Veterans: 24,672; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 64,045 15.8%
Catholic 52,910 13.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 32,772 8.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,791 1.2%
Orthodox 1,200 0.3%
Black Protestant 680 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Placer County Superior Court
Judges: 18 (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: Auburn

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 43; 13.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 38

NHTSA FARS 2023