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Jury Pool Profile

San Bernardino County, California

Republican +2 (2024)
Population
2,187,816
Median household income
$82,184
Unemployment
5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 855,655 39.1%
  • Black or African American alone 175,250 8.0%
  • Asian alone 177,777 8.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28,315 1.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7,466 0.3%
  • Some other race alone 535,517 24.5%
  • Two or more races 407,836 18.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,193,691 54.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.4

  • Under 18 563,979 25.8%
  • 18–24 216,598 9.9%
  • 25–44 627,836 28.7%
  • 45–64 510,402 23.3%
  • 65 and over 269,001 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.4%
-0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP
$137.9B
3.41% of state
Avg. annual pay
$62,368
Establishments
77,170

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 261,054 30.9%
  • Education & health services 223,233 26.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 88,774 10.5%
  • Professional & business services 81,316 9.6%
  • Manufacturing 50,339 6.0%
  • Construction 41,319 4.9%
  • Public administration 39,564 4.7%
  • Financial activities 26,612 3.1%
  • Other services 22,877 2.7%
  • Information 7,301 0.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 3,459 0.4%
  • Unclassified 63 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
61.5%
Median gross rent
$1,706
Owner-occupied
411,081
Renter-occupied
256,923

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 761,714 votes cast

  • Republican 378,416 49.7%
  • Democratic 362,114 47.5%
  • Other / third-party 21,184 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

56.4% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 722,107 35.3%
  • Chinese 41,489 2.0%
  • Tagalog 29,294 1.4%
  • Other Indo-European 22,668 1.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 20,385 1.0%
  • Arabic 15,971 0.8%
  • Vietnamese 11,667 0.6%
  • Korean 11,287 0.6%
  • Other 7,066 0.3%
  • German 3,725 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 2,677 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 2,449 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
668,004
Family households
508,474
76.1% of households
Married w/ children
342,568
Single-mother households
53,142
Veterans
78,796
4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.4% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 500,136 22.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 240,244 11.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 132,584 6.1%
  • Black Protestant 33,544 1.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 13,664 0.6%
  • Orthodox 5,345 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.5%
With a disability
11.8%
Bachelor's or higher
22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
San Bernardino County Superior Court
Judges
86 (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
San Bernardino
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
386
23.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
360

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for San Bernardino County, California to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.