Jury Pool Profile

Baker County, Oregon

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 16,796
Median household income: $57,844
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,199 90.5%
Black or African American alone 206 1.2%
Asian alone 29 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 166 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 55 0.3%
Some other race alone 211 1.3%
Two or more races 930 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 842 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.6

Under 18 3,399 20.2%
18–24 862 5.1%
25–44 3,687 22.0%
45–64 4,205 25.0%
65 and over 4,643 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $854.5M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,270
Establishments: 724

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,512 27.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,168 20.9%
Manufacturing 565 10.1%
Leisure & hospitality 522 9.3%
Public administration 407 7.3%
Professional & business services 341 6.1%
Natural resources & mining 333 6.0%
Construction 272 4.9%
Other services 243 4.3%
Financial activities 111 2.0%
Information 55 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $814
Owner-occupied: 5,286
Renter-occupied: 1,977

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,523 votes cast

Republican 6,984 73.3%
Democratic 2,301 24.2%
Other / third-party 238 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 277 1.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.3%
Slavic languages 29 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Other Indo-European 17 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%
Korean 7 0.0%
German 5 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,263
Family households: 4,138; 57.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,387
Single-mother households: 245
Veterans: 1,635; 12.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,384 14.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,578 9.5%
Catholic 1,102 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 392 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 21.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (Circuit Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.oregon.gov; cross-checked against ORS § 3.041. Justice Courts (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, traffic, small claims under $10K) operate per county and are not counted here. Multnomah County operates a separate County Court for probate / juvenile matters.)
Court seats: Baker City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 52.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023