Jury Pool Profile

Clatsop County, Oregon

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 41,343
Median household income: $68,705
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,338 85.5%
Black or African American alone 390 0.9%
Asian alone 534 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 263 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 59 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,002 2.4%
Two or more races 3,757 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,020 9.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

Under 18 7,521 18.2%
18–24 2,729 6.6%
25–44 10,351 25.0%
45–64 10,696 25.9%
65 and over 10,046 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,967
Establishments: 1,939

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 5,122 26.6%
Education & health services 3,904 20.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,647 18.9%
Manufacturing 1,882 9.8%
Professional & business services 1,128 5.8%
Construction 1,095 5.7%
Public administration 923 4.8%
Other services 583 3.0%
Financial activities 517 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 293 1.5%
Information 132 0.7%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.7%
Median gross rent: $1,130
Owner-occupied: 11,160
Renter-occupied: 6,935

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,989 votes cast

Democratic 12,442 54.1%
Republican 9,829 42.8%
Other / third-party 718 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,702 4.3%
Other Indo-European 191 0.5%
German 142 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 109 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.2%
Vietnamese 77 0.2%
Other 55 0.1%
Tagalog 31 0.1%
Chinese 25 0.1%
Korean 15 0.0%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,095
Family households: 10,171; 56.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,712
Single-mother households: 509
Veterans: 3,548; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,091 17.3%
Catholic 2,449 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,035 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,027 2.5%
Orthodox 20 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (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: Astoria

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 26.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023