Jury Pool Profile

San Luis Obispo County, California

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 281,486
Median household income: $93,398
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 203,738 72.4%
Black or African American alone 3,189 1.1%
Asian alone 10,455 3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,618 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 499 0.2%
Some other race alone 18,863 6.7%
Two or more races 42,124 15.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 68,980 24.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 49,564 17.6%
18–24 41,689 14.8%
25–44 64,095 22.8%
45–64 65,430 23.2%
65 and over 60,708 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $24.5B; 0.61% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,334
Establishments: 11,662

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 29,819 24.5%
Leisure & hospitality 20,744 17.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 20,506 16.8%
Professional & business services 10,577 8.7%
Construction 8,825 7.2%
Public administration 8,640 7.1%
Manufacturing 8,323 6.8%
Natural resources & mining 5,762 4.7%
Other services 3,873 3.2%
Financial activities 3,708 3.0%
Information 1,172 1.0%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.9%
Median gross rent: $1,899
Owner-occupied: 67,403
Renter-occupied: 41,494

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 150,766 votes cast

Democratic 81,314 53.9%
Republican 64,932 43.1%
Other / third-party 4,520 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 34,127 12.7%
Other Indo-European 2,289 0.9%
Chinese 1,892 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,572 0.6%
German 1,101 0.4%
Tagalog 1,016 0.4%
Other 907 0.3%
Arabic 883 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 869 0.3%
Korean 567 0.2%
Vietnamese 492 0.2%
Slavic languages 491 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 108,897
Family households: 68,050; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 53,761
Single-mother households: 4,343
Veterans: 15,210; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 57,298 20.3%
Evangelical Protestant 30,531 10.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15,404 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 4,530 1.6%
Black Protestant 1,134 0.4%
Orthodox 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: San Luis Obispo County Superior Court
Judges: 18 (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 Luis Obispo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 8.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023