Jury Pool Profile

Island County, Washington

Democratic +16 (2024)

Population: 86,747
Median household income: $88,358
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 68,853 79.4%
Black or African American alone 2,367 2.7%
Asian alone 4,218 4.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 864 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 310 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,774 2.0%
Two or more races 8,361 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,384 8.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 15,260 17.6%
18–24 7,491 8.6%
25–44 21,191 24.4%
45–64 20,165 23.2%
65 and over 22,640 26.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.7B; 0.54% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,929
Establishments: 2,142

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,741 25.9%
Leisure & hospitality 3,057 16.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,021 16.5%
Professional & business services 2,053 11.2%
Public administration 1,437 7.9%
Construction 1,260 6.9%
Other services 818 4.5%
Manufacturing 704 3.9%
Financial activities 641 3.5%
Information 252 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 127 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $1,631
Owner-occupied: 26,521
Renter-occupied: 9,008

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 52,075 votes cast

Democratic 29,595 56.8%
Republican 20,967 40.3%
Other / third-party 1,513 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,970 3.6%
Tagalog 1,554 1.9%
Other Indo-European 718 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 606 0.7%
Vietnamese 395 0.5%
Chinese 315 0.4%
German 230 0.3%
Slavic languages 182 0.2%
Other 179 0.2%
Korean 159 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 136 0.2%
Arabic 64 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,529
Family households: 24,058; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 20,020
Single-mother households: 1,553
Veterans: 10,145; 15.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 35,335 40.7%
Catholic 5,273 6.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,046 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,774 4.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Coupeville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 6.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023