Jury Pool Profile

Spokane County, Washington

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 544,323
Median household income: $73,513
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 456,164 83.8%
Black or African American alone 10,866 2.0%
Asian alone 12,438 2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,624 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,673 0.7%
Some other race alone 10,357 1.9%
Two or more races 45,201 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37,356 6.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.2

Under 18 118,425 21.8%
18–24 48,751 9.0%
25–44 153,462 28.2%
45–64 131,130 24.1%
65 and over 92,555 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $40.0B; 4.68% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,488
Establishments: 15,669

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 71,652 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 50,124 20.6%
Professional & business services 28,239 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 25,857 10.6%
Manufacturing 16,260 6.7%
Construction 13,803 5.7%
Financial activities 12,939 5.3%
Public administration 12,663 5.2%
Other services 6,677 2.7%
Information 2,938 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,928 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.9%
Median gross rent: $1,200
Owner-occupied: 137,926
Renter-occupied: 77,953

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 284,958 votes cast

Republican 145,338 51.0%
Democratic 131,163 46.0%
Other / third-party 8,457 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,275 2.4%
Slavic languages 7,807 1.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,449 0.9%
Other Indo-European 2,878 0.6%
Arabic 2,223 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,932 0.4%
Other 1,774 0.3%
German 1,625 0.3%
Tagalog 1,245 0.2%
Chinese 1,057 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 892 0.2%
Korean 551 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 215,879
Family households: 133,521; 61.8% of households
Married w/ children: 100,608
Single-mother households: 11,937
Veterans: 41,887; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 139,437 25.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 40,192 7.5%
Catholic 32,862 6.1%
Mainline Protestant 14,058 2.6%
Orthodox 1,269 0.2%
Black Protestant 910 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Superior Court District
Judges: 16 (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: Spokane

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 60; 14.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 57

NHTSA FARS 2023