Jury Pool Profile

Plumas County, California

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 19,607
Median household income: $64,946
Unemployment: 7.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,071 87.1%
Black or African American alone 266 1.4%
Asian alone 170 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 341 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 56 0.3%
Some other race alone 208 1.1%
Two or more races 1,495 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,965 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.1

Under 18 3,430 17.5%
18–24 969 4.9%
25–44 4,017 20.5%
45–64 5,343 27.3%
65 and over 5,848 29.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.9%; +2.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,864
Establishments: 1,004

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,978 29.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,040 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 863 12.9%
Public administration 858 12.8%
Manufacturing 473 7.1%
Construction 435 6.5%
Professional & business services 384 5.8%
Other services 301 4.5%
Financial activities 184 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 131 2.0%
Information 32 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $1,034
Owner-occupied: 6,024
Renter-occupied: 2,031

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,067 votes cast

Republican 5,725 56.9%
Democratic 4,020 39.9%
Other / third-party 322 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 728 3.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.5%
German 94 0.5%
Other Indo-European 59 0.3%
Tagalog 23 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,055
Family households: 5,000; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,955
Single-mother households: 344
Veterans: 1,777; 11% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,741 18.9%
Evangelical Protestant 1,766 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,609 8.1%
Mainline Protestant 488 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 21.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Plumas County Superior Court
Judges: 2 (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: Quincy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023