Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Oregon

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 346,532
Median household income: $74,624
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 239,703 69.2%
Black or African American alone 3,900 1.1%
Asian alone 7,331 2.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,457 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,827 1.1%
Some other race alone 35,877 10.4%
Two or more races 51,437 14.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 98,133 28.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 82,870 23.9%
18–24 31,662 9.1%
25–44 94,312 27.2%
45–64 80,831 23.3%
65 and over 56,857 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; -0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $23.9B; 7.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,787
Establishments: 12,695

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 41,973 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 28,376 16.6%
Public administration 21,864 12.8%
Professional & business services 17,178 10.0%
Leisure & hospitality 13,929 8.1%
Construction 13,137 7.7%
Natural resources & mining 10,998 6.4%
Manufacturing 10,101 5.9%
Financial activities 6,738 3.9%
Other services 5,146 3.0%
Information 1,808 1.1%
Unclassified 23 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.2%
Median gross rent: $1,333
Owner-occupied: 78,061
Renter-occupied: 47,352

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 155,732 votes cast

Republican 77,083 49.5%
Democratic 73,967 47.5%
Other / third-party 4,682 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 66,978 20.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,157 1.3%
Slavic languages 3,758 1.2%
Tagalog 1,325 0.4%
Other 1,124 0.3%
Other Indo-European 1,063 0.3%
Chinese 1,023 0.3%
German 952 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 663 0.2%
Korean 553 0.2%
Vietnamese 543 0.2%
Arabic 378 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 125,413
Family households: 84,298; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 60,573
Single-mother households: 8,480
Veterans: 18,714; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 78,615 22.7%
Evangelical Protestant 53,948 15.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 17,660 5.1%
Mainline Protestant 7,747 2.2%
Black Protestant 702 0.2%
Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 11 (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: Salem

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 48; 18.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 39

NHTSA FARS 2023