Jury Pool Profile
Stanislaus County, California
- County seat
- Modesto
- Judicial district
- Stanislaus County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 557,719
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 553,990.
At a glance
Stanislaus County is a 557,719-person venue. The county population is 43% White (Census race-alone categories). 50% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 36.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $77,812, $22,318 below the CA state median of $100,130; 19.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 43.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (3.9%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.4% of covered employment, average pay $72,631/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.0%, above the 5.36% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 553,990
- Median household income
- $81,468
- Unemployment
- 7.0%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 43%; Black: 3%.
Stanislaus County has a population of 553,990, with a median age of 34.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 42.8%; Black residents 2.7%. Independently, 50.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $77,812; 19.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 31% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.0%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Stanislaus County was carried by the Republican candidate with 54.2% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 49.3% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 47.4% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 43.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
43.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.2% of the adult civilian population (16,935 individuals).