Jury Pool Profile

Douglas County, Washington

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 43,733
Median household income: $80,374
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,075 61.9%
Black or African American alone 209 0.5%
Asian alone 409 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 399 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 155 0.4%
Some other race alone 10,766 24.6%
Two or more races 4,720 10.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,162 34.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 10,965 25.1%
18–24 3,600 8.2%
25–44 11,065 25.3%
45–64 10,221 23.4%
65 and over 7,882 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,441
Establishments: 1,148

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,994 23.9%
Natural resources & mining 2,480 19.8%
Education & health services 2,216 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,439 11.5%
Construction 882 7.0%
Manufacturing 693 5.5%
Professional & business services 608 4.8%
Public administration 568 4.5%
Financial activities 290 2.3%
Information 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.4%
Median gross rent: $1,234
Owner-occupied: 10,746
Renter-occupied: 4,962

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,069 votes cast

Republican 13,095 62.2%
Democratic 7,410 35.2%
Other / third-party 564 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,302 27.6%
Other Indo-European 156 0.4%
Chinese 105 0.3%
German 99 0.2%
Slavic languages 84 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 71 0.2%
Tagalog 62 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 61 0.1%
Other 9 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,708
Family households: 11,625; 74.0% of households
Married w/ children: 8,559
Single-mother households: 1,210
Veterans: 2,451; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,282 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,712 8.6%
Catholic 3,243 7.6%
Mainline Protestant 770 1.8%
Black Protestant 150 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Superior Court District
Judges: 1 (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: Waterville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 15.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023