Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Washington

Democratic +45 (2024)

Population: 33,313
Median household income: $71,143
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,880 86.7%
Black or African American alone 125 0.4%
Asian alone 443 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 380 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 40 0.1%
Some other race alone 798 2.4%
Two or more races 2,647 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,415 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 59.5

Under 18 3,845 11.5%
18–24 1,234 3.7%
25–44 6,060 18.2%
45–64 8,993 27.0%
65 and over 13,181 39.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,601
Establishments: 1,068

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,373 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,470 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,211 13.3%
Public administration 862 9.5%
Construction 689 7.6%
Manufacturing 657 7.2%
Other services 530 5.8%
Professional & business services 515 5.7%
Financial activities 258 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 202 2.2%
Information 88 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $1,291
Owner-occupied: 12,875
Renter-occupied: 3,281

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,572 votes cast

Democratic 17,459 71.1%
Republican 6,324 25.7%
Other / third-party 789 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,106 3.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 235 0.7%
Other Indo-European 217 0.7%
Chinese 189 0.6%
German 183 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 141 0.4%
Slavic languages 99 0.3%
Other 85 0.3%
Tagalog 83 0.3%
Vietnamese 24 0.1%
Arabic 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,156
Family households: 9,447; 58.5% of households
Married w/ children: 7,998
Single-mother households: 478
Veterans: 3,561; 12.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

20.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,332 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,703 5.2%
Catholic 1,395 4.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,285 3.9%
Orthodox 125 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 43.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd 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: Port Townsend

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 27.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023