Jury Pool Profile

Thurston County, Washington

Democratic +20 (2024)

Population: 296,640
Median household income: $93,985
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 219,738 74.1%
Black or African American alone 9,863 3.3%
Asian alone 17,198 5.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,444 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3,072 1.0%
Some other race alone 7,603 2.6%
Two or more races 35,722 12.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30,528 10.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 62,593 21.1%
18–24 22,617 7.6%
25–44 84,920 28.6%
45–64 72,186 24.3%
65 and over 54,324 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $21.6B; 2.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,043
Establishments: 8,476

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 30,915 24.0%
Education & health services 27,169 21.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 21,372 16.6%
Professional & business services 15,772 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 12,505 9.7%
Construction 6,184 4.8%
Other services 4,223 3.3%
Financial activities 4,055 3.1%
Manufacturing 3,253 2.5%
Information 1,854 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,466 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.8%
Median gross rent: $1,634
Owner-occupied: 79,392
Renter-occupied: 37,780

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 163,637 votes cast

Democratic 95,663 58.5%
Republican 62,282 38.1%
Other / third-party 5,692 3.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,320 4.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,462 1.6%
German 3,281 1.2%
Vietnamese 2,934 1.0%
Tagalog 2,427 0.9%
Korean 2,161 0.8%
Other Indo-European 1,354 0.5%
Chinese 1,289 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,011 0.4%
Other 806 0.3%
Slavic languages 782 0.3%
Arabic 717 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 117,172
Family households: 76,619; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 59,401
Single-mother households: 6,031
Veterans: 29,303; 12.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 64,199 21.8%
Catholic 24,117 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,013 4.4%
Mainline Protestant 5,748 1.9%
Black Protestant 626 0.2%
Orthodox 38 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Superior Court District
Judges: 8 (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: Olympia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 34; 14.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 32

NHTSA FARS 2023