Jury Pool Profile
San Bernardino County, California
- County seat
- San Bernardino
- Judicial district
- San Bernardino County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 2,224,091
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,197,104.
At a glance
San Bernardino County is a 2,224,091-person venue. The county population is 33% White and 8% Black (Census race-alone categories). 55% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 24.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $87,665, $12,465 below the CA state median of $100,130; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 44.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 30.2% of covered employment, average pay $60,365/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.25%, below 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
- 2,197,104
- Median household income
- $85,478
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 33%; Black: 8%.
San Bernardino County has a population of 2,197,104, with a median age of 34.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 32.9%; Black residents 7.8%. Independently, 55.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $87,665; 23.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 256,257 jobs; Education & health services, 234,203, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 30.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 27.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.25%, below the California state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
San Bernardino County was carried by the Republican candidate with 49.7% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 54.2% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 52.2% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 76% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 44.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
44.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.7% of the adult civilian population (76,558 individuals).