Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Rhode Island

Democratic +15 (2024)

Population: 130,073
Median household income: $102,478
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 117,574 90.4%
Black or African American alone 1,729 1.3%
Asian alone 2,840 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 380 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 37 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,226 0.9%
Two or more races 6,287 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,808 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 20,365 15.7%
18–24 18,301 14.1%
25–44 26,014 20.0%
45–64 35,990 27.7%
65 and over 29,403 22.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.8B; 12.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,700
Establishments: 5,814

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 11,815 20.0%
Education & health services 10,771 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,959 16.8%
Leisure & hospitality 9,029 15.3%
Professional & business services 5,077 8.6%
Construction 2,912 4.9%
Financial activities 1,994 3.4%
Public administration 1,984 3.4%
Other services 1,780 3.0%
Information 465 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 402 0.7%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $1,303
Owner-occupied: 39,989
Renter-occupied: 12,059

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 75,556 votes cast

Democratic 42,589 56.4%
Republican 31,247 41.4%
Other / third-party 1,720 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,973 1.6%
Other Indo-European 1,507 1.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 915 0.7%
Chinese 791 0.6%
Slavic languages 789 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 598 0.5%
Korean 336 0.3%
Arabic 306 0.2%
German 280 0.2%
Other 168 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 52,048
Family households: 33,743; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 27,465
Single-mother households: 2,574
Veterans: 6,674; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 49,216 37.9%
Mainline Protestant 7,340 5.7%
Evangelical Protestant 4,792 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,194 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.8%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Washington County Superior Court
Judges: 3 (Rhode Island Superior Court Justice — approximate primary/resident assignment per county branch. RI has ~22 Justices statewide who rotate assignments under a unified bench (R.I. Gen. Laws § 8-2-1), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Bristol County has no separate Superior Court — civil/criminal jury trials from Bristol are heard in the Providence County Superior Court. Vintage 2026 courts.ri.gov roster.)
Court seats: West Kingston

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Rhode Island statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 6.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023