Jury Pool Profile

Multnomah County, Oregon

Democratic +62 (2024)

Population: 803,863
Median household income: $86,247
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 562,458 70.0%
Black or African American alone 44,401 5.5%
Asian alone 60,070 7.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7,460 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4,936 0.6%
Some other race alone 30,026 3.7%
Two or more races 94,512 11.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 105,204 13.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.5

Under 18 144,089 17.9%
18–24 62,246 7.7%
25–44 283,335 35.2%
45–64 198,532 24.7%
65 and over 115,661 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $90.6B; 27.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,772
Establishments: 40,968

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 129,374 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 100,165 20.1%
Professional & business services 84,319 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 52,699 10.6%
Manufacturing 29,380 5.9%
Construction 26,234 5.3%
Financial activities 25,325 5.1%
Other services 19,812 4.0%
Public administration 16,965 3.4%
Information 11,828 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 2,102 0.4%
Unclassified 129 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.1%
Median gross rent: $1,582
Owner-occupied: 187,953
Renter-occupied: 159,439

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 408,474 votes cast

Democratic 323,969 79.3%
Republican 70,231 17.2%
Other / third-party 14,274 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

80.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 63,606 8.3%
Vietnamese 13,939 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 13,908 1.8%
Slavic languages 12,106 1.6%
Chinese 10,611 1.4%
Other Indo-European 8,502 1.1%
Other 7,486 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,080 0.5%
German 3,849 0.5%
Arabic 3,547 0.5%
Tagalog 3,288 0.4%
Korean 1,505 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 347,392
Family households: 177,692; 51.2% of households
Married w/ children: 130,967
Single-mother households: 17,318
Veterans: 32,866; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 132,460 16.2%
Evangelical Protestant 83,105 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 35,577 4.4%
Mainline Protestant 20,724 2.5%
Black Protestant 8,912 1.1%
Orthodox 5,485 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 48.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 38 (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: Portland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 90; 13.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 85

NHTSA FARS 2023