Jury Pool Profile

Sierra County, California

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 2,731
Median household income: $60,000
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,469 90.4%
Black or African American alone 8 0.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 128 4.7%
Two or more races 89 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 262 9.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56

Under 18 349 12.8%
18–24 198 7.3%
25–44 374 13.7%
45–64 868 31.8%
65 and over 942 34.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $127.2M; 0% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,525
Establishments: 135

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 180 29.5%
Public administration 162 26.5%
Leisure & hospitality 97 15.9%
Natural resources & mining 47 7.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 41 6.7%
Construction 16 2.6%
Financial activities 13 2.1%
Professional & business services 11 1.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%
Median gross rent: $1,181
Owner-occupied: 944
Renter-occupied: 262

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,754 votes cast

Republican 1,066 60.8%
Democratic 641 36.5%
Other / third-party 47 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 266 9.7%
German 65 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,206
Family households: 724; 60.0% of households
Married w/ children: 660
Single-mother households: 17
Veterans: 170; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

19.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 276 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 250 7.7%
Catholic 52 1.6%
Mainline Protestant 42 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Sierra County Superior Court
Judges: 1 (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: Downieville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 41.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023