Jury Pool Profile

Kitsap County, Washington

Democratic +21 (2024)

Population: 276,581
Median household income: $98,546
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 211,514 76.5%
Black or African American alone 7,310 2.6%
Asian alone 13,307 4.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,726 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2,528 0.9%
Some other race alone 7,141 2.6%
Two or more races 32,055 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,018 9.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 55,124 19.9%
18–24 25,033 9.1%
25–44 76,075 27.5%
45–64 67,484 24.4%
65 and over 52,865 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $18.3B; 2.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,579
Establishments: 6,739

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 20,691 22.1%
Manufacturing 16,732 17.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,481 15.5%
Leisure & hospitality 11,442 12.2%
Professional & business services 10,198 10.9%
Public administration 8,588 9.2%
Construction 4,397 4.7%
Financial activities 3,003 3.2%
Other services 2,517 2.7%
Information 1,024 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 310 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.1%
Median gross rent: $1,741
Owner-occupied: 75,245
Renter-occupied: 32,019

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 155,893 votes cast

Democratic 91,731 58.8%
Republican 59,080 37.9%
Other / third-party 5,082 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,938 3.4%
Tagalog 4,387 1.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,971 1.1%
Other Indo-European 1,494 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 937 0.4%
Other 844 0.3%
Vietnamese 828 0.3%
Slavic languages 680 0.3%
Chinese 644 0.2%
German 601 0.2%
Korean 478 0.2%
Arabic 227 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 107,264
Family households: 73,503; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 57,941
Single-mother households: 5,712
Veterans: 30,917; 14.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 65,730 23.8%
Catholic 32,476 11.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,745 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 8,215 3.0%
Black Protestant 1,352 0.5%
Orthodox 102 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Superior Court District
Judges: 9 (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 Orchard

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 9.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023