Jury Pool Profile
Harney County, Oregon
Republican +59 (2024)
- Population
- 7,515
- Median household income
- $48,338
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,596 87.8%
- Black or African American alone 16 0.2%
- Asian alone 8 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 125 1.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.4%
- Some other race alone 43 0.6%
- Two or more races 700 9.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 412 5.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 45.8
- Under 18 1,377 18.3%
- 18–24 579 7.7%
- 25–44 1,728 23.0%
- 45–64 1,898 25.3%
- 65 and over 1,933 25.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.9%
- -0.3 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $495.8M
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,173
- Establishments
- 342
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 736 28.7%
- Public administration 459 17.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 430 16.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 293 11.4%
- Natural resources & mining 257 10.0%
- Professional & business services 97 3.8%
- Other services 74 2.9%
- Financial activities 51 2.0%
- Information 9 0.4%
- Construction 6 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 67.2%
- Median gross rent
- $675
- Owner-occupied
- 2,110
- Renter-occupied
- 1,031
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 4,227 votes cast
- Republican 3,305 78.2%
- Democratic 795 18.8%
- Other / third-party 127 3.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 273 3.8%
- Other Indo-European 34 0.5%
- Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.4%
- Other 19 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.3%
- German 11 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,141
- Family households
- 1,920
- 61.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,550
- Single-mother households
- 121
- Veterans
- 529
- 8.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
26.1% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 731 9.8%
- Catholic 670 8.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 397 5.3%
- Mainline Protestant 159 2.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.0%
- With a disability
- 18.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 24th 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
- Burns, Canyon City
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 97.75 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023