Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Oregon

Democratic +34 (2024)

Population: 600,266
Median household income: $104,434
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 396,022 66.0%
Black or African American alone 13,763 2.3%
Asian alone 67,098 11.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,370 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,061 0.5%
Some other race alone 41,423 6.9%
Two or more races 73,529 12.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 109,211 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 132,026 22.0%
18–24 47,969 8.0%
25–44 186,813 31.1%
45–64 147,453 24.6%
65 and over 86,005 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; -0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $63.2B; 19.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $90,292
Establishments: 22,766

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 56,646 18.4%
Professional & business services 54,353 17.6%
Education & health services 54,053 17.5%
Manufacturing 51,959 16.8%
Leisure & hospitality 28,316 9.2%
Construction 19,373 6.3%
Financial activities 14,576 4.7%
Other services 10,556 3.4%
Public administration 7,534 2.4%
Information 7,294 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 3,207 1.0%
Unclassified 64 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 60.9%
Median gross rent: $1,773
Owner-occupied: 141,441
Renter-occupied: 90,925

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 295,038 votes cast

Democratic 192,641 65.3%
Republican 92,427 31.3%
Other / third-party 9,970 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 69,274 12.2%
Other Indo-European 16,842 3.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 15,031 2.6%
Chinese 8,901 1.6%
Vietnamese 6,988 1.2%
Slavic languages 5,514 1.0%
Korean 4,488 0.8%
Other 4,454 0.8%
Tagalog 3,327 0.6%
Arabic 3,214 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,248 0.4%
German 2,209 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 232,366
Family households: 153,801; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 119,925
Single-mother households: 11,504
Veterans: 26,857; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 70,041 11.7%
Evangelical Protestant 67,661 11.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 56,287 9.4%
Mainline Protestant 11,866 2.0%
Orthodox 530 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 11.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 46.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Hillsboro

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Oregon statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 42; 8.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 39

NHTSA FARS 2023