Jury Pool Profile

Washoe County, Nevada

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 491,770
Median household income: $85,600
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 321,970 65.5%
Black or African American alone 11,737 2.4%
Asian alone 27,349 5.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,732 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,490 0.7%
Some other race alone 51,874 10.5%
Two or more races 68,618 14.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 126,068 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 103,240 21.0%
18–24 43,304 8.8%
25–44 138,089 28.1%
45–64 122,056 24.8%
65 and over 85,081 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.86 pp vs. state
County GDP: $43.7B; 16.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,452
Establishments: 16,950

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 54,775 22.8%
Education & health services 46,861 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 38,368 16.0%
Professional & business services 33,004 13.7%
Construction 21,824 9.1%
Manufacturing 13,906 5.8%
Financial activities 10,402 4.3%
Public administration 10,055 4.2%
Other services 6,737 2.8%
Information 3,559 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,007 0.4%
Unclassified 45 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.5%
Median gross rent: $1,507
Owner-occupied: 116,406
Renter-occupied: 79,319

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 263,734 votes cast

Democratic 130,071 49.3%
Republican 127,443 48.3%
Other / third-party 6,220 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 71,759 15.4%
Tagalog 7,944 1.7%
Other Indo-European 6,226 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,280 0.7%
Chinese 2,907 0.6%
Other 2,237 0.5%
German 1,631 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,571 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,218 0.3%
Slavic languages 1,211 0.3%
Korean 726 0.2%
Arabic 217 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 195,725
Family households: 121,285; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 87,665
Single-mother households: 10,711
Veterans: 30,139; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 118,242 24.3%
Evangelical Protestant 33,168 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 28,920 5.9%
Mainline Protestant 6,561 1.3%
Black Protestant 900 0.2%
Orthodox 490 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 15 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction, including family court divisions); Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction, per township) separate. Vintage 2026 nvcourts.gov; counts cross-checked against NRS § 3.0105 statutory department allocations. Clark (8th) and Washoe (2nd) totals include both civil/criminal and family court departments.)
Court seats: Reno

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nevada statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 53; 13.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 52

NHTSA FARS 2023