Jury Pool Profile

San Mateo County, California

Democratic +50 (2024)

Population: 745,100
Median household income: $156,000
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 303,184 40.7%
Black or African American alone 16,534 2.2%
Asian alone 229,418 30.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,988 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8,510 1.1%
Some other race alone 86,274 11.6%
Two or more races 93,192 12.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 185,378 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 148,064 19.9%
18–24 53,883 7.2%
25–44 215,806 29.0%
45–64 198,454 26.6%
65 and over 128,893 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -1.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $217.0B; 5.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $196,441
Establishments: 31,186

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 97,968 23.5%
Education & health services 75,056 18.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 69,965 16.8%
Information 44,118 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 43,672 10.5%
Financial activities 23,006 5.5%
Manufacturing 20,595 4.9%
Construction 16,553 4.0%
Other services 14,102 3.4%
Public administration 9,996 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,388 0.3%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.1%
Median gross rent: $2,893
Owner-occupied: 156,244
Renter-occupied: 108,180

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 330,510 votes cast

Democratic 242,957 73.5%
Republican 76,616 23.2%
Other / third-party 10,937 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

54.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 125,135 17.7%
Chinese 66,057 9.4%
Tagalog 41,878 5.9%
Other Indo-European 28,783 4.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 21,878 3.1%
Slavic languages 11,133 1.6%
Arabic 5,582 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,615 0.7%
Korean 4,547 0.6%
Vietnamese 3,583 0.5%
German 3,408 0.5%
Other 3,104 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 264,424
Family households: 180,316; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 142,836
Single-mother households: 9,566
Veterans: 18,587; 3.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 161,466 21.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,226 5.8%
Evangelical Protestant 26,853 3.5%
Mainline Protestant 13,968 1.8%
Orthodox 7,175 0.9%
Black Protestant 3,434 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 9.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 53.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: San Mateo County Superior Court
Judges: 41 (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: Redwood City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 38; 6.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 35

NHTSA FARS 2023