Jury Pool Profile

Ada County, Idaho

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 508,052
Median household income: $88,907
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 430,629 84.8%
Black or African American alone 6,510 1.3%
Asian alone 12,871 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,211 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 890 0.2%
Some other race alone 14,198 2.8%
Two or more races 39,743 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48,291 9.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 114,071 22.5%
18–24 44,660 8.8%
25–44 143,861 28.3%
45–64 125,484 24.7%
65 and over 79,976 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $45.5B; 35.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,588
Establishments: 26,886

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 65,062 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 55,115 19.1%
Professional & business services 47,278 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 31,910 11.1%
Construction 22,402 7.8%
Manufacturing 18,336 6.4%
Financial activities 17,676 6.1%
Public administration 17,159 6.0%
Other services 8,534 3.0%
Information 3,544 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 952 0.3%
Unclassified 41 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $1,465
Owner-occupied: 140,354
Renter-occupied: 56,346

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 267,340 votes cast

Republican 143,759 53.8%
Democratic 116,116 43.4%
Other / third-party 7,465 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,612 4.5%
Other Indo-European 3,380 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,182 0.7%
Slavic languages 3,119 0.6%
Other 3,044 0.6%
Chinese 1,808 0.4%
Arabic 1,652 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,470 0.3%
German 1,450 0.3%
Korean 993 0.2%
Vietnamese 790 0.2%
Tagalog 740 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 196,700
Family households: 131,471; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 105,832
Single-mother households: 8,719
Veterans: 31,595; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 80,333 16.2%
Catholic 67,703 13.7%
Evangelical Protestant 59,536 12.0%
Mainline Protestant 27,043 5.5%
Orthodox 610 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Court
Judges: 13 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)
Court seats: Boise, Cascade, Idaho City, Mountain Home

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 31; 7.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 31

NHTSA FARS 2023