Jury Pool Profile

Hawaii County, Hawaii

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 203,684
Median household income: $77,215
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 63,413 31.1%
Black or African American alone 1,599 0.8%
Asian alone 43,216 21.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 691 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24,611 12.1%
Some other race alone 3,886 1.9%
Two or more races 66,268 32.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,451 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.1

Under 18 42,453 20.8%
18–24 13,443 6.6%
25–44 48,467 23.8%
45–64 52,154 25.6%
65 and over 47,167 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.2B; 10.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,868
Establishments: 7,367

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,806 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,641 21.1%
Leisure & hospitality 15,281 20.6%
Professional & business services 6,171 8.3%
Public administration 5,305 7.2%
Construction 4,022 5.4%
Financial activities 2,600 3.5%
Other services 2,374 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 2,200 3.0%
Manufacturing 1,716 2.3%
Information 609 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $1,411
Owner-occupied: 53,333
Renter-occupied: 19,625

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 82,823 votes cast

Democratic 52,163 63.0%
Republican 28,748 34.7%
Other / third-party 1,912 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.7% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 27,392 14.2%
Other 7,751 4.0%
Spanish 4,653 2.4%
Tagalog 3,343 1.7%
Chinese 1,771 0.9%
Slavic languages 1,101 0.6%
German 932 0.5%
Other Indo-European 597 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 515 0.3%
Vietnamese 458 0.2%
Korean 358 0.2%
Arabic 32 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 72,958
Family households: 48,193; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 34,756
Single-mother households: 4,537
Veterans: 12,736; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 38,791 19.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 23,643 11.8%
Evangelical Protestant 17,278 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,845 1.9%
Black Protestant 300 0.1%
Orthodox 88 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + criminal jurisdiction per HRS § 603-21.5 — civil matters above the $40,000 District Court limit and felony criminal cases); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 courts.state.hi.us per-circuit directories. The 1st Circuit (Honolulu) holds the vast majority of the ~33 statewide Circuit Court judgeships; the neighbor-island circuits each carry 2-4 judges. Note: HI's circuit numbering is 1, 2, 3, 5 — there is NO 4th Circuit (the historical numbering skipped it).)
Court seats: Hilo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Hawaii statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 9.3 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023