Jury Pool Profile

Kittitas County, Washington

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 44,736
Median household income: $69,928
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,844 82.4%
Black or African American alone 475 1.1%
Asian alone 790 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 222 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 48 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,324 5.2%
Two or more races 4,033 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,626 10.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

Under 18 7,819 17.5%
18–24 7,641 17.1%
25–44 10,550 23.6%
45–64 11,035 24.7%
65 and over 7,691 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,172
Establishments: 1,424

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,796 28.6%
Leisure & hospitality 3,174 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,827 16.9%
Construction 1,378 8.2%
Public administration 1,196 7.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,066 6.4%
Professional & business services 817 4.9%
Manufacturing 636 3.8%
Other services 364 2.2%
Financial activities 318 1.9%
Information 175 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.3%
Median gross rent: $1,253
Owner-occupied: 12,221
Renter-occupied: 7,380

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,309 votes cast

Republican 14,645 55.7%
Democratic 10,810 41.1%
Other / third-party 854 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,171 5.1%
Other Indo-European 207 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 197 0.5%
German 184 0.4%
Chinese 82 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 79 0.2%
Other 78 0.2%
Vietnamese 76 0.2%
Tagalog 43 0.1%
Arabic 23 0.1%
Korean 19 0.0%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,601
Family households: 11,491; 58.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,225
Single-mother households: 831
Veterans: 2,737; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,587 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 3,833 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,998 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 812 1.8%
Orthodox 90 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 25th 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: Ellensburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 43.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023