Jury Pool Profile

Skagit County, Washington

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 130,407
Median household income: $85,474
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 100,207 76.8%
Black or African American alone 1,132 0.9%
Asian alone 2,662 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,014 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 417 0.3%
Some other race alone 13,065 10.0%
Two or more races 10,910 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,646 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 27,564 21.1%
18–24 9,347 7.2%
25–44 32,668 25.1%
45–64 32,018 24.6%
65 and over 28,810 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.6B; 1.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,374
Establishments: 3,856

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,625 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,282 19.1%
Manufacturing 6,308 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 5,969 11.1%
Construction 4,346 8.1%
Professional & business services 3,682 6.8%
Public administration 3,176 5.9%
Natural resources & mining 2,411 4.5%
Financial activities 2,011 3.7%
Other services 1,771 3.3%
Information 256 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $1,439
Owner-occupied: 36,394
Renter-occupied: 15,124

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 69,837 votes cast

Democratic 36,956 52.9%
Republican 30,765 44.1%
Other / third-party 2,116 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 16,116 13.1%
Slavic languages 797 0.6%
Tagalog 622 0.5%
German 521 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 519 0.4%
Other Indo-European 397 0.3%
Other 303 0.2%
Chinese 267 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 264 0.2%
Korean 101 0.1%
Vietnamese 73 0.1%
Arabic 61 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 51,518
Family households: 35,005; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 26,848
Single-mother households: 2,870
Veterans: 10,160; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 22,477 17.4%
Catholic 14,892 11.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7,511 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 5,081 3.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Superior Court District
Judges: 4 (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: Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 16.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023