Jury Pool Profile

Stanislaus County, California

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 552,250
Median household income: $79,661
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 276,614 50.1%
Black or African American alone 15,674 2.8%
Asian alone 33,032 6.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,436 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,354 0.6%
Some other race alone 82,547 14.9%
Two or more races 134,593 24.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 271,787 49.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.8

Under 18 148,315 26.9%
18–24 51,350 9.3%
25–44 151,805 27.5%
45–64 125,875 22.8%
65 and over 74,905 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +1.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $32.1B; 0.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,795
Establishments: 17,952

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 60,963 30.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 40,285 20.2%
Manufacturing 22,985 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 20,735 10.4%
Professional & business services 14,079 7.1%
Natural resources & mining 12,547 6.3%
Construction 11,183 5.6%
Public administration 5,619 2.8%
Other services 5,225 2.6%
Financial activities 4,891 2.5%
Information 859 0.4%
Unclassified 23 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.0%
Median gross rent: $1,528
Owner-occupied: 107,644
Renter-occupied: 68,813

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 197,472 votes cast

Republican 106,986 54.2%
Democratic 85,347 43.2%
Other / third-party 5,139 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

56.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 176,418 34.3%
Other Indo-European 19,141 3.7%
Other 6,540 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,020 1.0%
Tagalog 3,682 0.7%
Chinese 2,844 0.6%
Arabic 2,411 0.5%
Slavic languages 1,472 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,404 0.3%
German 1,228 0.2%
Korean 775 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 766 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 176,457
Family households: 130,548; 74.0% of households
Married w/ children: 90,080
Single-mother households: 13,436
Veterans: 17,802; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 116,027 21.0%
Evangelical Protestant 62,668 11.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 26,984 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 4,826 0.9%
Black Protestant 2,544 0.5%
Orthodox 1,050 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Stanislaus 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: Modesto

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 89; 22.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 77

NHTSA FARS 2023