Jury Pool Profile

Pierce County, Washington

Democratic +11 (2024)

Population: 924,106
Median household income: $96,632
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 608,874 65.9%
Black or African American alone 66,212 7.2%
Asian alone 60,818 6.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10,197 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14,282 1.5%
Some other race alone 33,907 3.7%
Two or more races 129,816 14.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 115,594 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.8

Under 18 214,439 23.2%
18–24 81,051 8.8%
25–44 274,214 29.7%
45–64 221,089 23.9%
65 and over 133,313 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $64.9B; 7.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $70,395
Establishments: 20,820

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 93,039 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 73,505 22.0%
Professional & business services 38,634 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 35,508 10.6%
Construction 23,993 7.2%
Public administration 20,280 6.1%
Manufacturing 16,420 4.9%
Financial activities 13,729 4.1%
Other services 10,854 3.3%
Information 2,314 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 1,276 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.8%
Median gross rent: $1,722
Owner-occupied: 224,645
Renter-occupied: 122,063

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 436,685 votes cast

Democratic 235,169 53.9%
Republican 188,194 43.1%
Other / third-party 13,322 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 56,608 6.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 17,315 2.0%
Slavic languages 12,675 1.5%
Korean 10,633 1.2%
Tagalog 9,745 1.1%
Other 6,398 0.7%
Other Indo-European 6,308 0.7%
Vietnamese 5,800 0.7%
German 3,806 0.4%
Chinese 3,483 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,046 0.4%
Arabic 1,079 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 346,708
Family households: 232,887; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 172,869
Single-mother households: 21,544
Veterans: 79,222; 11.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 225,067 24.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 80,175 8.7%
Catholic 78,910 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 19,272 2.1%
Black Protestant 6,304 0.7%
Orthodox 790 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Superior Court District
Judges: 23 (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: Tacoma

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 116; 16.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 95

NHTSA FARS 2023