Jury Pool Profile

San Diego County, California

Democratic +17 (2024)

Population: 3,282,782
Median household income: $102,285
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,740,220 53.0%
Black or African American alone 154,596 4.7%
Asian alone 401,057 12.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31,001 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13,796 0.4%
Some other race alone 348,079 10.6%
Two or more races 594,033 18.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,127,221 34.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 694,169 21.1%
18–24 319,478 9.7%
25–44 989,167 30.1%
45–64 786,131 23.9%
65 and over 493,837 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $331.9B; 8.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $82,854
Establishments: 133,031

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 383,312 24.9%
Professional & business services 263,246 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 233,588 15.2%
Leisure & hospitality 214,189 13.9%
Manufacturing 111,940 7.3%
Construction 90,951 5.9%
Public administration 82,591 5.4%
Financial activities 70,340 4.6%
Other services 55,673 3.6%
Information 21,192 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 9,398 0.6%
Unclassified 121 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.5%
Median gross rent: $2,154
Owner-occupied: 632,194
Renter-occupied: 527,628

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,477,786 votes cast

Democratic 841,372 56.9%
Republican 593,270 40.1%
Other / third-party 43,144 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

63.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 734,041 23.7%
Tagalog 83,904 2.7%
Other Indo-European 61,076 2.0%
Chinese 51,050 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 48,651 1.6%
Vietnamese 39,104 1.3%
Arabic 29,158 0.9%
Other 24,914 0.8%
Slavic languages 22,023 0.7%
Korean 16,293 0.5%
German 12,588 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 11,969 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,159,822
Family households: 769,188; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 578,031
Single-mother households: 58,715
Veterans: 189,272; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 754,089 22.9%
Evangelical Protestant 312,105 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 217,748 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 50,810 1.5%
Black Protestant 18,477 0.6%
Orthodox 13,105 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: San Diego County Superior Court
Judges: 154 (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 Diego

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 288; 11.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 271

NHTSA FARS 2023