Jury Pool Profile

Josephine County, Oregon

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 88,069
Median household income: $59,097
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 76,884 87.3%
Black or African American alone 487 0.6%
Asian alone 721 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 543 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 120 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,536 1.7%
Two or more races 7,778 8.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,434 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.5

Under 18 16,988 19.3%
18–24 5,366 6.1%
25–44 19,414 22.0%
45–64 22,702 25.8%
65 and over 23,599 26.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +1.84 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 1.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,117
Establishments: 2,806

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 12,335 39.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,392 17.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,320 10.6%
Manufacturing 2,809 8.9%
Professional & business services 1,752 5.6%
Financial activities 1,385 4.4%
Construction 1,205 3.8%
Public administration 1,041 3.3%
Other services 1,004 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 916 2.9%
Information 236 0.8%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.7%
Median gross rent: $1,157
Owner-occupied: 26,049
Renter-occupied: 10,287

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 48,521 votes cast

Republican 30,696 63.3%
Democratic 16,592 34.2%
Other / third-party 1,233 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,309 2.8%
German 533 0.6%
Other Indo-European 340 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 308 0.4%
Other 142 0.2%
Slavic languages 131 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 130 0.2%
Vietnamese 124 0.1%
Tagalog 80 0.1%
Chinese 41 0.0%
Korean 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 36,336
Family households: 23,793; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 17,335
Single-mother households: 2,189
Veterans: 8,333; 11.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,820 16.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,216 7.1%
Catholic 4,647 5.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,579 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Grants Pass

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 19.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023