Jury Pool Profile

Skamania County, Washington

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 12,276
Median household income: $90,085
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,754 87.6%
Black or African American alone 34 0.3%
Asian alone 162 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 179 1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 28 0.2%
Some other race alone 353 2.9%
Two or more races 766 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 807 6.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.6

Under 18 2,084 17.0%
18–24 744 6.1%
25–44 2,707 22.1%
45–64 3,869 31.5%
65 and over 2,872 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $432.4M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,276
Establishments: 258

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 599 27.3%
Education & health services 329 15.0%
Manufacturing 314 14.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 290 13.2%
Public administration 285 13.0%
Professional & business services 146 6.6%
Construction 62 2.8%
Other services 54 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 48 2.2%
Financial activities 42 1.9%
Information 13 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $1,024
Owner-occupied: 4,001
Renter-occupied: 964

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,314 votes cast

Republican 3,961 54.2%
Democratic 3,147 43.0%
Other / third-party 206 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 551 4.7%
Other Indo-European 84 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.3%
Slavic languages 28 0.2%
Chinese 23 0.2%
Other 18 0.2%
German 11 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,965
Family households: 3,299; 66.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,676
Single-mother households: 161
Veterans: 1,096; 10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

19.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,168 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 689 5.7%
Catholic 391 3.2%
Mainline Protestant 142 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.2%

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: 2; 19.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023