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Jury Pool Profile

San Joaquin County, California

Republican +1 (2024)
Population
787,416
Median household income
$88,531
Unemployment
6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 292,062 37.1%
  • Black or African American alone 55,048 7.0%
  • Asian alone 140,647 17.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9,585 1.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4,745 0.6%
  • Some other race alone 129,646 16.5%
  • Two or more races 155,683 19.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 332,543 42.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.2

  • Under 18 208,930 26.5%
  • 18–24 73,641 9.4%
  • 25–44 217,587 27.6%
  • 45–64 182,777 23.2%
  • 65 and over 104,481 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
6.7%
+1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP
$46.5B
1.15% of state
Avg. annual pay
$63,300
Establishments
22,110

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 88,104 30.6%
  • Education & health services 68,854 23.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 24,659 8.6%
  • Manufacturing 23,339 8.1%
  • Professional & business services 22,593 7.8%
  • Construction 15,000 5.2%
  • Public administration 14,904 5.2%
  • Natural resources & mining 14,226 4.9%
  • Financial activities 7,615 2.6%
  • Other services 7,567 2.6%
  • Information 956 0.3%
  • Unclassified 9 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
61.5%
Median gross rent
$1,633
Owner-occupied
148,522
Renter-occupied
92,851

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 263,671 votes cast

  • Republican 128,996 48.9%
  • Democratic 126,647 48.0%
  • Other / third-party 8,028 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 197,442 26.8%
  • Other Indo-European 37,543 5.1%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 28,277 3.8%
  • Tagalog 22,637 3.1%
  • Vietnamese 7,289 1.0%
  • Chinese 7,259 1.0%
  • Arabic 3,482 0.5%
  • Other 2,751 0.4%
  • German 1,187 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,054 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 965 0.1%
  • Korean 534 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
241,373
Family households
180,811
74.9% of households
Married w/ children
125,660
Single-mother households
19,397
Veterans
25,676
4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 167,694 21.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 68,666 8.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 42,565 5.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 9,223 1.2%
  • Black Protestant 7,632 1.0%
  • Orthodox 1,050 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.6%
With a disability
12.5%
Bachelor's or higher
21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
San Joaquin County Superior Court
Judges
39 (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
Stockton
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
135
23.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
119

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

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