Jury Pool Profile

Siskiyou County, California

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 43,834
Median household income: $55,499
Unemployment: 7.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,820 79.4%
Black or African American alone 736 1.7%
Asian alone 709 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,420 3.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 176 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,078 2.5%
Two or more races 4,895 11.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,757 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 8,827 20.1%
18–24 2,824 6.4%
25–44 9,104 20.8%
45–64 11,176 25.5%
65 and over 11,903 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.6%; +2.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,720
Establishments: 1,836

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,187 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,186 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,946 13.7%
Public administration 1,755 12.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,212 8.5%
Manufacturing 758 5.3%
Construction 706 5.0%
Professional & business services 524 3.7%
Other services 513 3.6%
Financial activities 306 2.2%
Information 110 0.8%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $1,043
Owner-occupied: 13,179
Renter-occupied: 5,728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,489 votes cast

Republican 12,461 58.0%
Democratic 8,329 38.8%
Other / third-party 699 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,962 7.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 377 0.9%
Other Indo-European 145 0.3%
Other 133 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 131 0.3%
German 125 0.3%
Chinese 86 0.2%
Slavic languages 43 0.1%
Tagalog 32 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,907
Family households: 11,197; 59.2% of households
Married w/ children: 8,251
Single-mother households: 1,165
Veterans: 3,624; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 12,148 27.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,127 9.4%
Evangelical Protestant 3,653 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 728 1.7%
Black Protestant 120 0.3%
Orthodox 97 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Siskiyou County Superior Court
Judges: 4 (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: Yreka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 51.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023