Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Oregon

Republican +4 (2024)

Population: 88,553
Median household income: $81,318
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,700 79.8%
Black or African American alone 669 0.8%
Asian alone 1,587 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,469 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 372 0.4%
Some other race alone 4,489 5.1%
Two or more races 9,267 10.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,459 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.6

Under 18 19,562 22.1%
18–24 10,660 12.0%
25–44 21,735 24.5%
45–64 19,968 22.5%
65 and over 16,628 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,263
Establishments: 2,330

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,076 32.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,632 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,318 10.6%
Natural resources & mining 1,806 8.2%
Manufacturing 1,635 7.5%
Public administration 1,435 6.5%
Professional & business services 1,324 6.0%
Construction 1,273 5.8%
Other services 724 3.3%
Financial activities 516 2.4%
Information 108 0.5%
Unclassified 11 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.6%
Median gross rent: $1,270
Owner-occupied: 21,040
Renter-occupied: 11,534

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 47,025 votes cast

Republican 23,695 50.4%
Democratic 21,908 46.6%
Other / third-party 1,422 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,072 8.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 469 0.6%
Other Indo-European 449 0.5%
German 319 0.4%
Slavic languages 263 0.3%
Chinese 221 0.3%
Other 213 0.3%
Tagalog 177 0.2%
Korean 112 0.1%
Vietnamese 71 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 61 0.1%
Arabic 54 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,574
Family households: 22,413; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 17,101
Single-mother households: 2,300
Veterans: 6,206; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,477 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,428 7.4%
Catholic 6,064 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 857 1.0%
Black Protestant 230 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Dallas

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 13.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023