Jury Pool Profile

Shasta County, California

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 181,554
Median household income: $71,931
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 145,566 80.2%
Black or African American alone 1,614 0.9%
Asian alone 6,188 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,133 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 436 0.2%
Some other race alone 4,820 2.7%
Two or more races 19,797 10.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,604 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 39,404 21.7%
18–24 13,163 7.3%
25–44 45,265 24.9%
45–64 45,142 24.9%
65 and over 38,580 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.9B; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,352
Establishments: 8,748

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 22,687 32.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,345 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 7,406 10.6%
Professional & business services 6,118 8.7%
Public administration 5,965 8.5%
Construction 4,251 6.1%
Financial activities 3,083 4.4%
Manufacturing 2,963 4.2%
Other services 2,450 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,309 1.9%
Information 509 0.7%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.4%
Median gross rent: $1,267
Owner-occupied: 46,711
Renter-occupied: 24,762

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 88,900 votes cast

Republican 59,539 67.0%
Democratic 27,130 30.5%
Other / third-party 2,231 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,082 4.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,433 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,403 0.8%
Chinese 651 0.4%
German 644 0.4%
Tagalog 459 0.3%
Slavic languages 380 0.2%
Arabic 312 0.2%
Vietnamese 259 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 229 0.1%
Korean 226 0.1%
Other 106 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 71,473
Family households: 44,691; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 32,987
Single-mother households: 4,038
Veterans: 12,959; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 44,484 24.4%
Catholic 12,939 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,515 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,863 1.0%
Black Protestant 252 0.1%
Orthodox 110 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Shasta County Superior Court
Judges: 15 (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: Redding

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 15.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023