Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Oregon

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 53,178
Median household income: $86,359
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,262 87.0%
Black or African American alone 301 0.6%
Asian alone 341 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 527 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 205 0.4%
Some other race alone 469 0.9%
Two or more races 5,073 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,388 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 10,878 20.5%
18–24 3,691 6.9%
25–44 13,400 25.2%
45–64 14,769 27.8%
65 and over 10,440 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,228
Establishments: 1,445

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,722 22.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,489 20.8%
Manufacturing 1,483 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,409 11.8%
Professional & business services 1,151 9.6%
Construction 696 5.8%
Public administration 580 4.8%
Other services 475 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 428 3.6%
Financial activities 400 3.3%
Information 70 0.6%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.7%
Median gross rent: $1,221
Owner-occupied: 15,680
Renter-occupied: 5,030

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,094 votes cast

Republican 17,184 55.3%
Democratic 12,865 41.4%
Other / third-party 1,045 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,291 2.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 180 0.4%
German 165 0.3%
Arabic 129 0.3%
Slavic languages 90 0.2%
Other Indo-European 87 0.2%
Tagalog 71 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 68 0.1%
Vietnamese 56 0.1%
Korean 15 0.0%
Chinese 10 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 20,710
Family households: 14,529; 70.2% of households
Married w/ children: 11,253
Single-mother households: 914
Veterans: 4,820; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,126 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,345 6.4%
Catholic 3,285 6.2%
Mainline Protestant 806 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 16.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Saint Helens

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 44.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023