Jury Pool Profile
Yolo County, California
- County seat
- Woodland
- Judicial district
- Yolo County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 224,410
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 220,564.
At a glance
Yolo County is a 224,410-person venue. The county population is 49% White (Census race-alone categories). 33% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 41.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $87,386, $12,744 below the CA state median of $100,130; 44.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 36.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (4.7%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 32.6% of covered employment, average pay $90,354/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.7%, above the 5.36% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 70% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 220,564
- Median household income
- $91,752
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 49%; Black: 3%.
Yolo County has a population of 220,564, with a median age of 32.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 48.9%; Black residents 2.6%. Independently, 33.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $87,386; 44.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.4% 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 33% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 32.6% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.7%, above the California state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 68%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Yolo County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.3% in 2024, 69.5% in 2020, 68.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 36.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
36.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 3.8% of the adult civilian population (6,631 individuals).