Jury Pool Profile

San Benito County, California

Democratic +13 (2024)

Population: 66,056
Median household income: $108,289
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,824 45.1%
Black or African American alone 683 1.0%
Asian alone 2,288 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,229 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 152 0.2%
Some other race alone 10,313 15.6%
Two or more races 21,567 32.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,783 61.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 16,820 25.5%
18–24 5,786 8.8%
25–44 18,543 28.1%
45–64 16,007 24.2%
65 and over 8,900 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +1.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,013
Establishments: 1,930

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,161 23.1%
Manufacturing 2,967 16.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,501 13.9%
Natural resources & mining 1,845 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,754 9.7%
Construction 1,615 9.0%
Professional & business services 1,289 7.1%
Public administration 999 5.5%
Other services 494 2.7%
Financial activities 348 1.9%
Information 58 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $1,922
Owner-occupied: 13,613
Renter-occupied: 6,575

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,649 votes cast

Democratic 15,179 54.9%
Republican 11,702 42.3%
Other / third-party 768 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 24,284 39.3%
Tagalog 787 1.3%
Other Indo-European 321 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 231 0.4%
Slavic languages 120 0.2%
Chinese 117 0.2%
German 114 0.2%
Arabic 88 0.1%
Korean 51 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 32 0.1%
Other 20 0.0%
Vietnamese 19 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,188
Family households: 15,823; 78.4% of households
Married w/ children: 11,637
Single-mother households: 1,465
Veterans: 2,083; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 40,317 62.8%
Evangelical Protestant 3,508 5.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,087 4.8%
Mainline Protestant 402 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 10.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: San Benito County Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Hollister

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 14.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023