Jury Pool Profile

Santa Barbara County, California

Democratic +27 (2024)

Population: 443,975
Median household income: $95,977
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 240,915 54.3%
Black or African American alone 7,468 1.7%
Asian alone 23,659 5.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,941 1.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 491 0.1%
Some other race alone 60,423 13.6%
Two or more races 103,078 23.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 211,412 47.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

Under 18 99,608 22.4%
18–24 65,911 14.8%
25–44 110,679 24.9%
45–64 95,795 21.6%
65 and over 71,982 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $41.4B; 1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,664
Establishments: 17,497

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 51,661 23.9%
Leisure & hospitality 31,482 14.6%
Natural resources & mining 30,217 14.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 28,507 13.2%
Professional & business services 24,660 11.4%
Manufacturing 12,476 5.8%
Construction 10,380 4.8%
Public administration 8,860 4.1%
Other services 7,196 3.3%
Financial activities 7,006 3.2%
Information 3,874 1.8%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.9%
Median gross rent: $2,050
Owner-occupied: 78,754
Renter-occupied: 70,206

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 184,715 votes cast

Democratic 114,149 61.8%
Republican 64,870 35.1%
Other / third-party 5,696 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

60.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 136,712 32.8%
Chinese 5,343 1.3%
Other Indo-European 4,925 1.2%
Tagalog 4,019 1.0%
Other 3,446 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,974 0.7%
German 2,144 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,744 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,571 0.4%
Slavic languages 1,466 0.4%
Korean 1,304 0.3%
Arabic 1,026 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 148,960
Family households: 96,612; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 70,044
Single-mother households: 8,850
Veterans: 17,154; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 146,869 32.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 27,470 6.1%
Evangelical Protestant 21,050 4.7%
Mainline Protestant 7,351 1.6%
Black Protestant 3,792 0.8%
Orthodox 1,312 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 11.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Santa Barbara County Superior Court
Judges: 28 (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: Santa Barbara

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 40; 11.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 34

NHTSA FARS 2023