Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Oregon

Democratic +18 (2024)

Population: 50,632
Median household income: $61,314
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,749 82.5%
Black or African American alone 155 0.3%
Asian alone 634 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,245 2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 50 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,197 4.3%
Two or more races 4,602 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,036 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.5

Under 18 8,093 16.0%
18–24 2,981 5.9%
25–44 10,095 19.9%
45–64 13,698 27.1%
65 and over 15,765 31.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,886
Establishments: 2,097

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 4,893 26.3%
Education & health services 3,496 18.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,382 18.2%
Public administration 1,307 7.0%
Professional & business services 1,245 6.7%
Manufacturing 895 4.8%
Construction 856 4.6%
Financial activities 808 4.3%
Other services 443 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 323 1.7%
Information 110 0.6%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $1,150
Owner-occupied: 16,292
Renter-occupied: 6,537

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,671 votes cast

Democratic 17,112 57.7%
Republican 11,645 39.2%
Other / third-party 914 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,238 6.6%
German 236 0.5%
Slavic languages 210 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 150 0.3%
Tagalog 120 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 118 0.2%
Chinese 118 0.2%
Other Indo-European 87 0.2%
Korean 75 0.2%
Vietnamese 31 0.1%
Other 29 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,829
Family households: 13,328; 58.4% of households
Married w/ children: 9,838
Single-mother households: 1,244
Veterans: 4,853; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

22.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,950 7.8%
Evangelical Protestant 3,471 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,614 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,047 2.1%
Orthodox 21 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 22.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Newport

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 16.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023