Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Washington

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 97,676
Median household income: $82,755
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 50,552 51.8%
Black or African American alone 1,888 1.9%
Asian alone 1,567 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,466 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 152 0.2%
Some other race alone 21,493 22.0%
Two or more races 20,558 21.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53,485 54.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 30.8

Under 18 30,706 31.4%
18–24 9,941 10.2%
25–44 27,938 28.6%
45–64 19,234 19.7%
65 and over 9,857 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.8B; 0.67% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,266
Establishments: 2,379

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 9,193 24.5%
Education & health services 7,608 20.3%
Natural resources & mining 5,268 14.0%
Manufacturing 4,639 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 2,759 7.3%
Construction 2,670 7.1%
Professional & business services 1,976 5.3%
Public administration 1,925 5.1%
Financial activities 700 1.9%
Other services 651 1.7%
Information 125 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.1%
Median gross rent: $1,171
Owner-occupied: 20,405
Renter-occupied: 8,713

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,739 votes cast

Republican 19,086 60.1%
Democratic 11,884 37.4%
Other / third-party 769 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 41,257 46.0%
Slavic languages 1,839 2.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 444 0.5%
Vietnamese 387 0.4%
German 283 0.3%
Tagalog 144 0.2%
Chinese 124 0.1%
Arabic 111 0.1%
Other 99 0.1%
Korean 83 0.1%
Other Indo-European 61 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 48 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,118
Family households: 23,124; 79.4% of households
Married w/ children: 15,777
Single-mother households: 3,619
Veterans: 4,176; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 26,603 27.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,859 12.3%
Evangelical Protestant 9,333 9.6%
Mainline Protestant 598 0.6%
Black Protestant 286 0.3%
Orthodox 41 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.8%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Superior Court District
Judges: 8 (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: Pasco, Prosser

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 19.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023