Jury Pool Profile

Kootenai County, Idaho

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 177,736
Median household income: $77,034
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 156,689 88.2%
Black or African American alone 533 0.3%
Asian alone 1,395 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,539 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 54 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,590 1.5%
Two or more races 14,936 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,663 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 40,103 22.6%
18–24 12,885 7.2%
25–44 45,455 25.6%
45–64 44,290 24.9%
65 and over 35,003 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.5B; 8.94% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,888
Establishments: 8,717

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 17,459 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,572 19.1%
Leisure & hospitality 11,870 16.7%
Construction 6,947 9.8%
Professional & business services 6,708 9.4%
Manufacturing 5,125 7.2%
Public administration 3,158 4.4%
Financial activities 3,012 4.2%
Other services 1,839 2.6%
Information 761 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 614 0.9%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $1,330
Owner-occupied: 49,901
Renter-occupied: 19,203

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 96,340 votes cast

Republican 72,059 74.8%
Democratic 22,113 23.0%
Other / third-party 2,168 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,565 2.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 487 0.3%
Slavic languages 399 0.2%
German 377 0.2%
Other Indo-European 293 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 206 0.1%
Other 204 0.1%
Chinese 96 0.1%
Tagalog 93 0.1%
Vietnamese 61 0.0%
Arabic 53 0.0%
Korean 40 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 69,104
Family households: 47,551; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 38,701
Single-mother households: 2,676
Veterans: 13,748; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 68,655 40.1%
Catholic 27,056 15.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,879 6.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,176 1.3%
Orthodox 175 0.1%
Black Protestant 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 15.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 5 (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: Bonners Ferry, Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, St. Maries, Wallace

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 13.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023