Jury Pool Profile

Santa Clara County, California

Democratic +40 (2024)

Population: 1,903,297
Median household income: $159,674
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 631,965 33.2%
Black or African American alone 45,325 2.4%
Asian alone 751,693 39.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14,579 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7,506 0.4%
Some other race alone 200,945 10.6%
Two or more races 251,284 13.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 477,632 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 398,753 21.0%
18–24 166,358 8.7%
25–44 578,519 30.4%
45–64 485,746 25.5%
65 and over 273,921 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -1.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $438.5B; 10.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $197,043
Establishments: 83,418

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 277,601 24.9%
Education & health services 251,270 22.5%
Manufacturing 122,706 11.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 121,120 10.8%
Leisure & hospitality 103,761 9.3%
Information 94,209 8.4%
Construction 52,134 4.7%
Financial activities 36,027 3.2%
Public administration 28,412 2.5%
Other services 26,068 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 3,190 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.3%
Median gross rent: $2,814
Owner-occupied: 361,910
Renter-occupied: 292,557

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 750,433 votes cast

Democratic 510,744 68.1%
Republican 210,924 28.1%
Other / third-party 28,765 3.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

45.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 309,310 17.2%
Chinese 186,011 10.3%
Other Indo-European 135,452 7.5%
Vietnamese 117,854 6.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 92,455 5.1%
Tagalog 48,552 2.7%
Korean 26,672 1.5%
Slavic languages 23,583 1.3%
Other 19,317 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9,210 0.5%
German 8,899 0.5%
Arabic 8,178 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 654,467
Family households: 458,435; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 358,641
Single-mother households: 26,136
Veterans: 41,154; 2.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 503,382 26.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 169,726 8.8%
Evangelical Protestant 163,758 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 26,714 1.4%
Orthodox 12,514 0.6%
Black Protestant 5,342 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.0%
With a disability: 8.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 55.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Santa Clara County Superior Court
Judges: 90 (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 Jose

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 125; 8.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 117

NHTSA FARS 2023