Jury Pool Profile

Klickitat County, Washington

Republican +9 (2024)

Population: 23,082
Median household income: $70,400
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,495 84.5%
Black or African American alone 166 0.7%
Asian alone 210 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 294 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 82 0.4%
Some other race alone 882 3.8%
Two or more races 1,953 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,981 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.5

Under 18 4,246 18.4%
18–24 1,413 6.1%
25–44 5,361 23.2%
45–64 6,314 27.4%
65 and over 5,748 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,979
Establishments: 819

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,515 21.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,240 17.2%
Manufacturing 1,058 14.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 879 12.2%
Professional & business services 679 9.4%
Public administration 507 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 485 6.7%
Other services 370 5.1%
Construction 246 3.4%
Financial activities 130 1.8%
Information 50 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.5%
Median gross rent: $1,119
Owner-occupied: 7,383
Renter-occupied: 2,391

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,527 votes cast

Republican 7,178 53.1%
Democratic 5,917 43.7%
Other / third-party 432 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,401 10.9%
Other Indo-European 146 0.7%
German 122 0.6%
Other 100 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 44 0.2%
Vietnamese 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.1%
Arabic 19 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,774
Family households: 6,000; 61.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,915
Single-mother households: 414
Veterans: 2,041; 10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,168 9.5%
Catholic 1,847 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,113 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 425 1.9%
Orthodox 104 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 31st 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: Goldendale, Stevenson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 21.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023