Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Washington

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 20,690
Median household income: $65,042
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,880 47.8%
Black or African American alone 77 0.4%
Asian alone 129 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 516 2.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 56 0.3%
Some other race alone 5,889 28.5%
Two or more races 4,143 20.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,255 64.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 29.2

Under 18 7,245 35.0%
18–24 2,113 10.2%
25–44 4,928 23.8%
45–64 3,958 19.1%
65 and over 2,446 11.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,291
Establishments: 696

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 2,857 30.3%
Education & health services 2,055 21.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,790 19.0%
Manufacturing 1,258 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 542 5.7%
Public administration 415 4.4%
Professional & business services 159 1.7%
Financial activities 117 1.2%
Construction 105 1.1%
Other services 94 1.0%
Information 11 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.1%
Median gross rent: $901
Owner-occupied: 4,351
Renter-occupied: 1,950

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,345 votes cast

Republican 3,767 70.5%
Democratic 1,455 27.2%
Other / third-party 123 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

48.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,211 48.8%
Other 168 0.9%
German 127 0.7%
Tagalog 77 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 44 0.2%
Vietnamese 35 0.2%
Chinese 14 0.1%
Arabic 13 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,301
Family households: 4,908; 77.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,572
Single-mother households: 588
Veterans: 511; 3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,027 19.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,160 15.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,710 13.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,174 5.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.1%
With a disability: 9.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Superior Court District
Judges: 1 (Superior Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + juvenile + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.wa.gov; cross-checked against RCW § 2.08.064. District Court judges (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, traffic, small civil up to $100K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level traffic + misdemeanor) also separate.)
Court seats: Ritzville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 74.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023