Jury Pool Profile

Tulare County, California

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 475,774
Median household income: $69,489
Unemployment: 10.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 202,844 42.6%
Black or African American alone 7,136 1.5%
Asian alone 16,760 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,168 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 736 0.2%
Some other race alone 139,583 29.3%
Two or more races 101,547 21.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 314,250 66.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.9

Under 18 143,115 30.1%
18–24 47,915 10.1%
25–44 129,130 27.1%
45–64 99,735 21.0%
65 and over 55,879 11.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 10.7%; +5.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $25.4B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,038
Establishments: 14,758

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 47,389 26.7%
Natural resources & mining 36,327 20.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 31,866 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 15,048 8.5%
Manufacturing 13,156 7.4%
Professional & business services 10,870 6.1%
Public administration 7,913 4.5%
Construction 7,391 4.2%
Other services 3,656 2.1%
Financial activities 3,441 1.9%
Information 578 0.3%
Unclassified 18 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.6%
Median gross rent: $1,206
Owner-occupied: 83,253
Renter-occupied: 58,773

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 138,271 votes cast

Republican 81,854 59.2%
Democratic 53,221 38.5%
Other / third-party 3,196 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 204,559 46.4%
Other Indo-European 4,215 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,052 0.9%
Tagalog 2,546 0.6%
Arabic 2,059 0.5%
Chinese 1,297 0.3%
Korean 631 0.1%
Other 556 0.1%
Vietnamese 550 0.1%
Slavic languages 527 0.1%
German 347 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 257 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 142,026
Family households: 112,865; 79.5% of households
Married w/ children: 73,681
Single-mother households: 14,939
Veterans: 14,203; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 172,153 36.4%
Evangelical Protestant 50,071 10.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 21,137 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,292 1.3%
Black Protestant 2,514 0.5%
Orthodox 690 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 12.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Tulare County Superior Court
Judges: 21 (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: Visalia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 82; 24.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 75

NHTSA FARS 2023