Jury Pool Profile

Deschutes County, Oregon

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 203,026
Median household income: $87,640
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 179,623 88.5%
Black or African American alone 833 0.4%
Asian alone 2,318 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,424 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 329 0.2%
Some other race alone 4,664 2.3%
Two or more races 13,835 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,140 8.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 39,276 19.3%
18–24 13,217 6.5%
25–44 55,546 27.4%
45–64 52,660 25.9%
65 and over 42,327 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.7B; 5.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $66,229
Establishments: 11,562

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 21,465 22.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 17,191 18.3%
Leisure & hospitality 14,721 15.7%
Professional & business services 11,270 12.0%
Construction 8,306 8.8%
Manufacturing 6,379 6.8%
Financial activities 3,574 3.8%
Other services 3,538 3.8%
Public administration 3,412 3.6%
Information 1,828 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 1,377 1.5%
Unclassified 32 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.7%
Median gross rent: $1,674
Owner-occupied: 58,856
Renter-occupied: 24,341

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 122,417 votes cast

Democratic 65,677 53.7%
Republican 53,318 43.6%
Other / third-party 3,422 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,623 5.5%
German 919 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 697 0.4%
Slavic languages 672 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 644 0.3%
Other Indo-European 614 0.3%
Chinese 495 0.3%
Other 154 0.1%
Vietnamese 128 0.1%
Tagalog 63 0.0%
Korean 38 0.0%
Arabic 27 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 83,197
Family households: 54,859; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 44,307
Single-mother households: 3,508
Veterans: 12,361; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,572 15.9%
Catholic 11,762 5.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,909 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,732 1.9%
Black Protestant 150 0.1%
Orthodox 42 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 12.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 8 (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: Bend

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 14.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023