Jury Pool Profile

Kauai County, Hawaii

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 73,610
Median household income: $93,612
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,151 30.1%
Black or African American alone 466 0.6%
Asian alone 21,800 29.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 137 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7,538 10.2%
Some other race alone 1,087 1.5%
Two or more races 20,431 27.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,720 10.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 15,729 21.4%
18–24 4,805 6.5%
25–44 18,162 24.7%
45–64 18,896 25.7%
65 and over 16,018 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; +0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.6B; 4.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,731
Establishments: 3,468

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 10,189 31.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,196 18.9%
Education & health services 5,226 15.9%
Professional & business services 2,962 9.0%
Construction 2,105 6.4%
Other services 1,186 3.6%
Public administration 1,140 3.5%
Financial activities 1,084 3.3%
Information 189 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.3%
Median gross rent: $1,810
Owner-occupied: 15,788
Renter-occupied: 7,677

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,064 votes cast

Democratic 17,675 58.8%
Republican 11,803 39.3%
Other / third-party 586 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.0% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 6,770 9.7%
Tagalog 2,955 4.2%
Spanish 810 1.2%
Other 632 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 242 0.3%
German 240 0.3%
Other Indo-European 226 0.3%
Chinese 220 0.3%
Slavic languages 186 0.3%
Korean 138 0.2%
Vietnamese 95 0.1%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,465
Family households: 16,449; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 11,853
Single-mother households: 999
Veterans: 3,976; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,147 19.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9,222 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 7,212 9.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,501 3.4%
Black Protestant 1,348 1.8%
Orthodox 20 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Lihue

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Hawaii statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 5.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023