Jury Pool Profile

Lewis County, Washington

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 83,925
Median household income: $69,690
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 70,150 83.6%
Black or African American alone 648 0.8%
Asian alone 993 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 897 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 189 0.2%
Some other race alone 2,427 2.9%
Two or more races 8,621 10.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,408 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 18,159 21.6%
18–24 5,872 7.0%
25–44 20,362 24.3%
45–64 21,753 25.9%
65 and over 17,779 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.1B; 0.6% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,706
Establishments: 2,236

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 7,075 26.1%
Education & health services 6,971 25.7%
Manufacturing 3,204 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,829 10.4%
Public administration 1,720 6.3%
Professional & business services 1,461 5.4%
Construction 1,374 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,149 4.2%
Financial activities 636 2.3%
Other services 493 1.8%
Information 210 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.2%
Median gross rent: $1,044
Owner-occupied: 23,965
Renter-occupied: 8,349

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 45,112 votes cast

Republican 29,322 65.0%
Democratic 14,433 32.0%
Other / third-party 1,357 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,467 6.9%
German 304 0.4%
Other Indo-European 233 0.3%
Korean 216 0.3%
Tagalog 191 0.2%
Vietnamese 160 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 103 0.1%
Slavic languages 102 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 87 0.1%
Chinese 63 0.1%
Other 26 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,314
Family households: 21,603; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 15,942
Single-mother households: 1,651
Veterans: 6,223; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 17,122 20.8%
Catholic 6,731 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,942 4.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,184 2.7%
Black Protestant 150 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Superior Court District
Judges: 3 (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: Chehalis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 24.33 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023