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Jury Pool Profile

Grays Harbor County, Washington

Republican +6 (2024)
Population
76,397
Median household income
$63,539
Unemployment
5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 61,800 80.9%
  • Black or African American alone 1,241 1.6%
  • Asian alone 956 1.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,168 4.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 311 0.4%
  • Some other race alone 2,814 3.7%
  • Two or more races 6,107 8.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,262 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

  • Under 18 15,273 20.0%
  • 18–24 5,123 6.7%
  • 25–44 18,104 23.7%
  • 45–64 20,459 26.8%
  • 65 and over 17,438 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.9%
+1.16 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.8B
0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,803
Establishments
1,854

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 5,905 24.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4,088 17.2%
  • Public administration 3,075 12.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,927 12.3%
  • Manufacturing 2,599 10.9%
  • Construction 1,388 5.8%
  • Professional & business services 1,229 5.2%
  • Financial activities 714 3.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 697 2.9%
  • Other services 629 2.6%
  • Information 153 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.6%
Median gross rent
$1,018
Owner-occupied
21,770
Renter-occupied
8,212

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,638 votes cast

  • Republican 19,432 51.6%
  • Democratic 17,161 45.6%
  • Other / third-party 1,045 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 4,885 6.7%
  • German 356 0.5%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 281 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 248 0.3%
  • Chinese 198 0.3%
  • Other 189 0.3%
  • Tagalog 170 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 169 0.2%
  • Arabic 135 0.2%
  • Korean 127 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
29,982
Family households
18,390
61.3% of households
Married w/ children
13,508
Single-mother households
1,726
Veterans
6,620
10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 11,069 14.6%
  • Catholic 5,060 6.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,600 4.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,765 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.8%
With a disability
21.5%
Bachelor's or higher
17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
16th Superior Court District
Judges
3 (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
Montesano
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
9
14.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Grays Harbor 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.