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Jury Pool Profile

San Francisco County, California

Democratic +65 (2024)
Population
836,321
Median household income
$141,446
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 338,640 40.5%
  • Black or African American alone 42,547 5.1%
  • Asian alone 292,477 35.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,524 0.7%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,141 0.4%
  • Some other race alone 64,814 7.7%
  • Two or more races 89,178 10.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 133,266 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

  • Under 18 114,728 13.7%
  • 18–24 52,355 6.3%
  • 25–44 314,400 37.6%
  • 45–64 211,233 25.3%
  • 65 and over 143,605 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
-1.47 pp vs. state
County GDP
$268.3B
6.63% of state
Avg. annual pay
$174,103
Establishments
66,657

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Professional & business services 182,207 25.7%
  • Education & health services 160,059 22.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 82,753 11.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 75,096 10.6%
  • Information 60,436 8.5%
  • Financial activities 53,407 7.5%
  • Public administration 33,124 4.7%
  • Other services 27,533 3.9%
  • Construction 22,169 3.1%
  • Manufacturing 10,645 1.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 200 0.0%
  • Unclassified 18 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
38.5%
Median gross rent
$2,419
Owner-occupied
139,610
Renter-occupied
223,040

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 402,964 votes cast

  • Democratic 323,719 80.3%
  • Republican 62,594 15.5%
  • Other / third-party 16,651 4.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

56.6% speak only English at home

  • Chinese 140,823 17.6%
  • Spanish 89,269 11.1%
  • Other Indo-European 24,187 3.0%
  • Tagalog 21,213 2.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 17,960 2.2%
  • Slavic languages 14,101 1.8%
  • Vietnamese 10,534 1.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 9,540 1.2%
  • Korean 6,719 0.8%
  • German 4,661 0.6%
  • Arabic 4,366 0.5%
  • Other 4,316 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
362,650
Family households
169,671
46.8% of households
Married w/ children
128,875
Single-mother households
9,980
Veterans
18,553
2.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 164,130 18.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 51,518 5.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 30,973 3.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 29,748 3.4%
  • Black Protestant 20,563 2.4%
  • Orthodox 10,135 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.5%
With a disability
11.2%
Bachelor's or higher
60.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
San Francisco County Superior Court
Judges
56 (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 Francisco
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
35
4.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
34

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for San Francisco 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.