Jury Pool Profile

Wasco County, Oregon

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 26,603
Median household income: $63,602
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,177 79.6%
Black or African American alone 114 0.4%
Asian alone 226 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 545 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 135 0.5%
Some other race alone 782 2.9%
Two or more races 3,624 13.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,260 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

Under 18 5,753 21.6%
18–24 2,015 7.6%
25–44 6,798 25.6%
45–64 6,477 24.3%
65 and over 5,560 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.72% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,698
Establishments: 1,108

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,169 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,297 20.0%
Natural resources & mining 1,452 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,330 11.6%
Professional & business services 722 6.3%
Public administration 544 4.7%
Construction 494 4.3%
Manufacturing 466 4.1%
Other services 374 3.3%
Information 268 2.3%
Financial activities 211 1.8%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.2%
Median gross rent: $978
Owner-occupied: 6,894
Renter-occupied: 3,517

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,185 votes cast

Republican 6,754 51.2%
Democratic 6,005 45.5%
Other / third-party 426 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

82.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,920 15.6%
Other Indo-European 151 0.6%
Other 118 0.5%
Slavic languages 100 0.4%
German 57 0.2%
Korean 44 0.2%
Tagalog 43 0.2%
Chinese 32 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,411
Family households: 6,285; 60.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,804
Single-mother households: 431
Veterans: 1,986; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,572 9.6%
Catholic 2,517 9.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 955 3.6%
Mainline Protestant 673 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Condon, Fossil, Hood River, Moro, The Dalles

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 38.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023