Jury Pool Profile

King County, Washington

Democratic +52 (2024)

Population: 2,262,713
Median household income: $122,148
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,283,809 56.7%
Black or African American alone 147,642 6.5%
Asian alone 449,705 19.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14,612 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16,955 0.7%
Some other race alone 109,978 4.9%
Two or more races 240,012 10.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 245,320 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.3

Under 18 447,121 19.8%
18–24 181,119 8.0%
25–44 770,513 34.1%
45–64 552,592 24.4%
65 and over 311,368 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $477.2B; 55.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $132,279
Establishments: 82,150

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 310,482 21.4%
Education & health services 290,153 20.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 247,964 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 141,535 9.8%
Information 130,481 9.0%
Manufacturing 92,015 6.3%
Financial activities 71,251 4.9%
Construction 70,939 4.9%
Other services 46,317 3.2%
Public administration 46,211 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 2,435 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 56.1%
Median gross rent: $2,035
Owner-occupied: 520,391
Renter-occupied: 407,426

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,122,881 votes cast

Democratic 832,606 74.1%
Republican 252,193 22.5%
Other / third-party 38,082 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

69.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 150,694 7.0%
Chinese 104,344 4.9%
Other Indo-European 91,614 4.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 79,168 3.7%
Other 51,209 2.4%
Slavic languages 43,939 2.1%
Vietnamese 37,881 1.8%
Tagalog 28,110 1.3%
Korean 23,980 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13,992 0.7%
Arabic 10,795 0.5%
German 9,845 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 927,817
Family households: 540,558; 58.3% of households
Married w/ children: 433,765
Single-mother households: 36,476
Veterans: 85,740; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 354,324 15.6%
Catholic 284,791 12.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 138,131 6.1%
Mainline Protestant 74,427 3.3%
Black Protestant 18,125 0.8%
Orthodox 17,032 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 10.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 55.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Superior Court District
Judges: 53 (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: Seattle

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 168; 9.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 151

NHTSA FARS 2023