Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Oregon

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 26,192
Median household income: $64,212
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,146 88.4%
Black or African American alone 235 0.9%
Asian alone 371 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 186 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 277 1.1%
Some other race alone 421 1.6%
Two or more races 1,556 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,400 5.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 5,795 22.1%
18–24 2,836 10.8%
25–44 6,258 23.9%
45–64 5,803 22.2%
65 and over 5,500 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,345
Establishments: 1,047

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,996 28.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,975 18.8%
Manufacturing 1,220 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,039 9.9%
Construction 723 6.9%
Professional & business services 597 5.7%
Public administration 563 5.4%
Natural resources & mining 561 5.3%
Other services 324 3.1%
Financial activities 313 3.0%
Information 82 0.8%
Unclassified 6 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.6%
Median gross rent: $982
Owner-occupied: 7,011
Renter-occupied: 3,845

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,364 votes cast

Republican 9,872 68.7%
Democratic 4,043 28.1%
Other / third-party 449 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 502 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 254 1.0%
Other Indo-European 133 0.5%
German 106 0.4%
Chinese 92 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.3%
Slavic languages 35 0.1%
Tagalog 22 0.1%
Korean 12 0.0%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Other 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,856
Family households: 6,994; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,352
Single-mother households: 475
Veterans: 1,625; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,111 15.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,118 11.9%
Catholic 1,240 4.7%
Mainline Protestant 526 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Enterprise, La Grande

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 19.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023