Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Oregon

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 222,563
Median household income: $71,443
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 184,577 82.9%
Black or African American alone 1,475 0.7%
Asian alone 2,604 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,488 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 456 0.2%
Some other race alone 8,686 3.9%
Two or more races 23,277 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31,625 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 45,454 20.4%
18–24 16,395 7.4%
25–44 55,445 24.9%
45–64 54,234 24.4%
65 and over 51,035 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.5B; 4.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,862
Establishments: 8,355

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 25,182 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,953 21.9%
Leisure & hospitality 10,905 12.0%
Professional & business services 8,060 8.8%
Manufacturing 6,751 7.4%
Construction 5,722 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 4,078 4.5%
Public administration 3,532 3.9%
Financial activities 2,932 3.2%
Other services 2,918 3.2%
Information 840 0.9%
Unclassified 14 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.0%
Median gross rent: $1,310
Owner-occupied: 58,922
Renter-occupied: 31,757

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 118,577 votes cast

Republican 61,535 51.9%
Democratic 53,907 45.5%
Other / third-party 3,135 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 15,827 7.5%
Other Indo-European 919 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 878 0.4%
German 773 0.4%
Slavic languages 596 0.3%
Tagalog 327 0.2%
Chinese 314 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 302 0.1%
Other 299 0.1%
Vietnamese 127 0.1%
Korean 115 0.1%
Arabic 72 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 90,679
Family households: 57,099; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 43,667
Single-mother households: 4,629
Veterans: 16,472; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 28,257 12.7%
Catholic 16,613 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 14,383 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 3,094 1.4%
Black Protestant 326 0.1%
Orthodox 210 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Medford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 29; 16.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2023