Jury Pool Profile

Riverside County, California

Republican +1 (2024)

Population: 2,449,909
Median household income: $89,672
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,033,132 42.2%
Black or African American alone 158,667 6.5%
Asian alone 172,556 7.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29,471 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8,164 0.3%
Some other race alone 594,371 24.3%
Two or more races 453,548 18.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,239,702 50.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 598,671 24.4%
18–24 228,663 9.3%
25–44 665,768 27.2%
45–64 585,761 23.9%
65 and over 371,046 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $134.8B; 3.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,734
Establishments: 86,446

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 214,687 25.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 203,955 24.3%
Leisure & hospitality 118,816 14.1%
Professional & business services 77,171 9.2%
Construction 74,227 8.8%
Public administration 44,376 5.3%
Manufacturing 44,356 5.3%
Other services 24,255 2.9%
Financial activities 21,170 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 11,564 1.4%
Information 5,784 0.7%
Unclassified 70 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.9%
Median gross rent: $1,814
Owner-occupied: 524,872
Renter-occupied: 237,362

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 940,405 votes cast

Republican 463,677 49.3%
Democratic 451,782 48.0%
Other / third-party 24,946 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

58.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 796,129 34.5%
Tagalog 36,081 1.6%
Other Indo-European 30,700 1.3%
Chinese 23,257 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 17,304 0.8%
Vietnamese 15,001 0.7%
Arabic 13,771 0.6%
Korean 8,131 0.4%
Other 6,580 0.3%
Slavic languages 5,405 0.2%
German 5,224 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 5,087 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 762,234
Family households: 569,980; 74.8% of households
Married w/ children: 415,700
Single-mother households: 49,044
Veterans: 111,536; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 652,046 27.0%
Evangelical Protestant 228,905 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 135,187 5.6%
Black Protestant 31,438 1.3%
Mainline Protestant 16,588 0.7%
Orthodox 4,509 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Riverside County Superior Court
Judges: 78 (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: Riverside

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 335; 18.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 309

NHTSA FARS 2023