Jury Pool Profile
Riverside County, California
- County seat
- Riverside
- Judicial district
- Riverside County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,544,916
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,478,600.
At a glance
Riverside County is a 2,544,916-person venue. The county population is 38% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). 51% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 31.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $92,611, $7,519 below the CA state median of $100,130; 25.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 42.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.0% of covered employment, average pay $61,911/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.46%, above the 5.36% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 2,478,600
- Median household income
- $93,074
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 38%; Black: 6%.
Riverside County has a population of 2,478,600, with a median age of 37.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 37.6%; Black residents 6.4%. Independently, 51.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $92,611; 25.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 228,841 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 200,199, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 23.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.46%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Riverside County was carried by the Republican candidate with 49.3% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 53.0% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 49.6% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 42.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
42.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (109,216 individuals).