Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Washington

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 210,224
Median household income: $87,316
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 151,940 72.3%
Black or African American alone 3,563 1.7%
Asian alone 6,199 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,998 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 465 0.2%
Some other race alone 19,449 9.3%
Two or more races 26,610 12.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 52,111 24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 55,504 26.4%
18–24 17,781 8.5%
25–44 56,386 26.8%
45–64 47,831 22.8%
65 and over 32,722 15.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $16.9B; 1.98% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,807
Establishments: 5,416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 23,626 23.9%
Professional & business services 21,439 21.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,912 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 9,390 9.5%
Construction 8,262 8.4%
Natural resources & mining 6,817 6.9%
Manufacturing 4,679 4.7%
Public administration 3,447 3.5%
Financial activities 3,155 3.2%
Other services 2,161 2.2%
Information 725 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.5%
Median gross rent: $1,256
Owner-occupied: 52,533
Renter-occupied: 24,163

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 99,947 votes cast

Republican 59,555 59.6%
Democratic 37,662 37.7%
Other / third-party 2,730 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 32,866 16.7%
Other Indo-European 1,931 1.0%
Slavic languages 1,560 0.8%
Arabic 998 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 938 0.5%
Chinese 799 0.4%
Vietnamese 629 0.3%
Korean 563 0.3%
Tagalog 561 0.3%
German 475 0.2%
Other 392 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 199 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 76,696
Family households: 52,929; 69.0% of households
Married w/ children: 38,991
Single-mother households: 5,447
Veterans: 12,074; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 47,838 23.1%
Catholic 29,972 14.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 27,542 13.3%
Mainline Protestant 5,135 2.5%
Black Protestant 120 0.1%
Orthodox 100 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Superior Court District
Judges: 8 (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: Pasco, Prosser

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 19.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023