Jury Pool Profile

Cowlitz County, Washington

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 111,539
Median household income: $72,932
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 94,551 84.8%
Black or African American alone 779 0.7%
Asian alone 1,311 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,243 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 333 0.3%
Some other race alone 3,080 2.8%
Two or more races 10,242 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,367 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 25,242 22.6%
18–24 8,310 7.5%
25–44 27,804 24.9%
45–64 28,421 25.5%
65 and over 21,762 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.2B; 0.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,600
Establishments: 2,712

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,164 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,143 19.7%
Manufacturing 7,250 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 3,500 8.5%
Construction 3,235 7.8%
Professional & business services 2,857 6.9%
Public administration 2,382 5.8%
Financial activities 1,505 3.6%
Other services 1,007 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 937 2.3%
Information 213 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.2%
Median gross rent: $1,169
Owner-occupied: 28,716
Renter-occupied: 14,693

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 59,020 votes cast

Republican 34,580 58.6%
Democratic 22,825 38.7%
Other / third-party 1,615 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,843 5.6%
Tagalog 425 0.4%
German 392 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 360 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 357 0.3%
Other Indo-European 288 0.3%
Vietnamese 257 0.2%
Slavic languages 138 0.1%
Chinese 92 0.1%
Korean 56 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,409
Family households: 28,660; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 21,196
Single-mother households: 2,967
Veterans: 8,816; 10.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 26,213 23.7%
Catholic 6,189 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,101 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,153 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Superior Court District
Judges: 4 (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: Kelso

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 18.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023