Jury Pool Profile
San Joaquin County, California
- County seat
- Stockton
- Judicial district
- San Joaquin County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 823,815
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 797,334.
At a glance
San Joaquin County is an 823,815-person venue. The county population is 32% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 43% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 26.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $91,854, $8,276 below the CA state median of $100,130; 22.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 43.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (5.4%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 30.1% of covered employment, average pay $62,437/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.45%, above 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
- 797,334
- Median household income
- $92,179
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 32%; Black: 7%.
San Joaquin County has a population of 797,334, with a median age of 35.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 31.9%; Black residents 6.9%. Independently, 42.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $91,854; 22.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, 87,281 jobs; Education & health services, 73,041, is within 20% of it.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 30.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 25.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.45%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
San Joaquin County was carried by the Republican candidate with 48.9% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 55.9% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 53.9% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 43.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
43.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 4.3% of the adult civilian population (25,319 individuals).