Jury Pool Profile

Chelan County, Washington

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 79,518
Median household income: $78,306
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,714 68.8%
Black or African American alone 470 0.6%
Asian alone 629 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 915 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 62 0.1%
Some other race alone 13,489 17.0%
Two or more races 9,239 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,604 28.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 18,117 22.8%
18–24 6,193 7.8%
25–44 19,771 24.9%
45–64 19,146 24.1%
65 and over 16,291 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.1B; 0.83% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,540
Establishments: 3,251

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,601 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,114 18.0%
Natural resources & mining 7,768 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 5,653 12.6%
Construction 2,700 6.0%
Professional & business services 2,459 5.5%
Manufacturing 2,132 4.7%
Public administration 2,112 4.7%
Financial activities 1,633 3.6%
Other services 1,056 2.3%
Information 420 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.3%
Median gross rent: $1,182
Owner-occupied: 19,521
Renter-occupied: 11,304

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,893 votes cast

Republican 22,363 53.4%
Democratic 18,397 43.9%
Other / third-party 1,133 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 17,997 24.0%
German 331 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 241 0.3%
Other Indo-European 194 0.3%
Slavic languages 178 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 175 0.2%
Vietnamese 132 0.2%
Tagalog 90 0.1%
Chinese 71 0.1%
Other 38 0.1%
Korean 17 0.0%
Arabic 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,825
Family households: 20,496; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 15,758
Single-mother households: 1,748
Veterans: 4,397; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

66.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 36,689 46.4%
Catholic 7,929 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,424 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,743 3.5%
Black Protestant 300 0.4%
Orthodox 77 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Superior Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Wenatchee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 14.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023