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Jury Pool Profile

Clark County, Washington

Democratic +7 (2024)
Population
510,516
Median household income
$94,948
Unemployment
4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 394,562 77.3%
  • Black or African American alone 10,778 2.1%
  • Asian alone 24,205 4.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,002 0.6%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4,144 0.8%
  • Some other race alone 19,909 3.9%
  • Two or more races 53,916 10.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 61,186 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

  • Under 18 118,096 23.1%
  • 18–24 41,029 8.0%
  • 25–44 139,317 27.3%
  • 45–64 129,062 25.3%
  • 65 and over 83,012 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.6%
-0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP
$33.4B
3.9% of state
Avg. annual pay
$72,700
Establishments
15,322

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 48,154 26.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 32,521 17.9%
  • Professional & business services 23,732 13.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 17,762 9.8%
  • Construction 17,588 9.7%
  • Manufacturing 14,014 7.7%
  • Financial activities 9,558 5.3%
  • Public administration 6,570 3.6%
  • Other services 5,591 3.1%
  • Information 3,883 2.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 620 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
66.2%
Median gross rent
$1,668
Owner-occupied
128,039
Renter-occupied
65,348

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 274,795 votes cast

  • Democratic 143,206 52.1%
  • Republican 123,998 45.1%
  • Other / third-party 7,591 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 33,035 6.9%
  • Slavic languages 16,707 3.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 6,505 1.4%
  • Other Indo-European 6,077 1.3%
  • Chinese 4,299 0.9%
  • Vietnamese 3,345 0.7%
  • Tagalog 1,797 0.4%
  • Korean 1,654 0.3%
  • German 1,636 0.3%
  • Other 1,405 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 1,355 0.3%
  • Arabic 979 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
193,387
Family households
130,439
67.4% of households
Married w/ children
100,799
Single-mother households
10,941
Veterans
32,400
8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 124,375 24.7%
  • Catholic 32,284 6.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 29,545 5.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 10,097 2.0%
  • Black Protestant 350 0.1%
  • Orthodox 140 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.2%
With a disability
13.0%
Bachelor's or higher
33.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
5th Superior Court District
Judges
11 (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
Vancouver
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
37
9.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
34

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Clark County, Washington to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.