Jury Pool Profile

Sacramento County, California

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 1,584,047
Median household income: $88,724
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 747,022 47.2%
Black or African American alone 150,943 9.5%
Asian alone 277,017 17.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13,876 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18,041 1.1%
Some other race alone 163,772 10.3%
Two or more races 213,376 13.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 379,734 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 365,667 23.1%
18–24 131,286 8.3%
25–44 466,804 29.5%
45–64 383,823 24.2%
65 and over 236,467 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; -0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $135.5B; 3.35% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,125
Establishments: 73,284

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 190,200 26.2%
Public administration 126,459 17.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 112,439 15.5%
Professional & business services 97,396 13.4%
Leisure & hospitality 68,536 9.4%
Construction 45,751 6.3%
Financial activities 28,922 4.0%
Other services 24,223 3.3%
Manufacturing 23,052 3.2%
Information 6,538 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 3,303 0.5%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.6%
Median gross rent: $1,702
Owner-occupied: 333,143
Renter-occupied: 235,080

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 656,626 votes cast

Democratic 381,564 58.1%
Republican 252,140 38.4%
Other / third-party 22,922 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

67.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 192,435 12.9%
Other Indo-European 77,774 5.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 56,054 3.8%
Slavic languages 43,949 3.0%
Chinese 34,281 2.3%
Vietnamese 27,989 1.9%
Tagalog 27,302 1.8%
Arabic 9,454 0.6%
Other 7,892 0.5%
Korean 4,729 0.3%
German 4,256 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,387 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 568,223
Family households: 374,861; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 260,562
Single-mother households: 36,906
Veterans: 69,400; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 281,110 17.7%
Evangelical Protestant 159,125 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 125,544 7.9%
Black Protestant 24,931 1.6%
Mainline Protestant 24,699 1.6%
Orthodox 6,626 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Sacramento 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: Sacramento

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 209; 17.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 193

NHTSA FARS 2023