Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Washington

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 3,996
Median household income: $71,528
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,256 81.5%
Black or African American alone 28 0.7%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 170 4.3%
Two or more races 525 13.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 327 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 52.1

Under 18 675 16.9%
18–24 224 5.6%
25–44 820 20.5%
45–64 1,092 27.3%
65 and over 1,185 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $498.1M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,059
Establishments: 184

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 318 21.3%
Public administration 183 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 147 9.8%
Construction 127 8.5%
Natural resources & mining 125 8.4%
Professional & business services 82 5.5%
Education & health services 67 4.5%
Manufacturing 38 2.5%
Financial activities 22 1.5%
Other services 22 1.5%
Information 8 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.9%
Median gross rent: $944
Owner-occupied: 1,473
Renter-occupied: 419

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,476 votes cast

Republican 1,737 70.2%
Democratic 661 26.7%
Other / third-party 78 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 193 5.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 1.4%
Other Indo-European 26 0.7%
German 10 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,892
Family households: 1,218; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 938
Single-mother households: 100
Veterans: 371; 11.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 427 10.8%
Catholic 271 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 228 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 134 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th Superior Court District
Judges: 2 (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: Asotin, Dayton, Pomeroy

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 30.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023