Jury Pool Profile

Mason County, Washington

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 66,968
Median household income: $78,359
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 52,450 78.3%
Black or African American alone 689 1.0%
Asian alone 682 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,309 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 186 0.3%
Some other race alone 4,668 7.0%
Two or more races 6,984 10.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,128 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 13,109 19.6%
18–24 4,528 6.8%
25–44 15,922 23.8%
45–64 17,527 26.2%
65 and over 15,882 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,899
Establishments: 1,240

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,644 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,098 20.9%
Public administration 2,233 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,510 10.2%
Manufacturing 964 6.5%
Professional & business services 689 4.6%
Construction 565 3.8%
Other services 490 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 482 3.2%
Financial activities 349 2.4%
Information 120 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $1,205
Owner-occupied: 20,582
Renter-occupied: 4,791

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 36,502 votes cast

Republican 18,127 49.7%
Democratic 17,215 47.2%
Other / third-party 1,160 3.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,892 7.7%
Other 269 0.4%
German 239 0.4%
Other Indo-European 215 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 164 0.3%
Vietnamese 152 0.2%
Tagalog 136 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 86 0.1%
Slavic languages 75 0.1%
Korean 70 0.1%
Chinese 59 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,373
Family households: 17,259; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 13,304
Single-mother households: 983
Veterans: 7,319; 13.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,072 10.8%
Catholic 5,833 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,052 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,478 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 19.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Shelton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 38.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023