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Jury Pool Profile

Ventura County, California

Democratic +15 (2024)
Population
838,259
Median household income
$107,327
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 491,174 58.6%
  • Black or African American alone 15,452 1.8%
  • Asian alone 60,564 7.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12,274 1.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,568 0.2%
  • Some other race alone 82,386 9.8%
  • Two or more races 174,841 20.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 367,516 43.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.4

  • Under 18 185,795 22.2%
  • 18–24 74,268 8.9%
  • 25–44 218,274 26.0%
  • 45–64 218,607 26.1%
  • 65 and over 141,315 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
-0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP
$69.6B
1.72% of state
Avg. annual pay
$70,487
Establishments
31,435

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 81,519 24.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 56,737 16.9%
  • Professional & business services 44,194 13.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 38,940 11.6%
  • Manufacturing 27,385 8.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 25,606 7.6%
  • Construction 18,092 5.4%
  • Public administration 16,056 4.8%
  • Financial activities 15,077 4.5%
  • Other services 9,031 2.7%
  • Information 3,625 1.1%
  • Unclassified 11 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
64.2%
Median gross rent
$2,248
Owner-occupied
178,388
Renter-occupied
99,657

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 387,595 votes cast

  • Democratic 217,424 56.1%
  • Republican 158,901 41.0%
  • Other / third-party 11,270 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

61.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 239,575 30.2%
  • Other Indo-European 15,112 1.9%
  • Tagalog 12,106 1.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 7,840 1.0%
  • Chinese 7,730 1.0%
  • Other 5,838 0.7%
  • German 3,480 0.4%
  • Vietnamese 3,298 0.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 2,554 0.3%
  • Korean 2,452 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 2,435 0.3%
  • Arabic 2,336 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
278,045
Family households
199,984
71.9% of households
Married w/ children
150,281
Single-mother households
14,436
Veterans
33,552
5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 249,661 29.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 80,514 9.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 74,364 8.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 13,775 1.6%
  • Black Protestant 10,260 1.2%
  • Orthodox 2,240 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.1%
With a disability
11.5%
Bachelor's or higher
35.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Ventura County Superior Court
Judges
32 (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
Ventura
Court reference
Traffic safety context

California statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
72
11.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
65

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Ventura County, California to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.