Jury Pool Profile

Hood River County, Oregon

Democratic +36 (2024)

Population: 23,958
Median household income: $82,095
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,635 73.6%
Black or African American alone 227 0.9%
Asian alone 261 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 142 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,493 6.2%
Two or more races 4,188 17.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,260 30.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 5,312 22.2%
18–24 1,953 8.2%
25–44 6,078 25.4%
45–64 6,367 26.6%
65 and over 4,248 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -1.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,189
Establishments: 1,494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,685 19.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,468 17.9%
Natural resources & mining 2,212 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,157 15.6%
Manufacturing 1,736 12.6%
Professional & business services 947 6.9%
Construction 560 4.1%
Other services 317 2.3%
Public administration 281 2.0%
Financial activities 238 1.7%
Information 101 0.7%
Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.1%
Median gross rent: $1,381
Owner-occupied: 6,142
Renter-occupied: 2,879

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,620 votes cast

Democratic 8,364 66.3%
Republican 3,854 30.5%
Other / third-party 402 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,016 26.5%
German 68 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 66 0.3%
Other Indo-European 65 0.3%
Chinese 55 0.2%
Korean 52 0.2%
Slavic languages 43 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.1%
Arabic 29 0.1%
Tagalog 17 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,021
Family households: 5,856; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,518
Single-mother households: 637
Veterans: 955; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,906 16.3%
Catholic 3,329 13.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,437 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 795 3.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Condon, Fossil, Hood River, Moro, The Dalles

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023