Jury Pool Profile

Wahkiakum County, Washington

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 4,573
Median household income: $57,091
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,938 86.1%
Black or African American alone 50 1.1%
Asian alone 108 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.1%
Some other race alone 131 2.9%
Two or more races 332 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 281 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.8

Under 18 845 18.5%
18–24 235 5.1%
25–44 768 16.8%
45–64 1,246 27.2%
65 and over 1,479 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +2.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $132.8M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,092
Establishments: 132

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 111 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 59 8.1%
Natural resources & mining 57 7.9%
Manufacturing 54 7.4%
Education & health services 48 6.6%
Professional & business services 39 5.4%
Information 24 3.3%
Financial activities 21 2.9%
Public administration 18 2.5%
Other services 6 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.8%
Median gross rent: $1,086
Owner-occupied: 1,718
Renter-occupied: 308

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,053 votes cast

Republican 1,757 57.5%
Democratic 1,204 39.4%
Other / third-party 92 3.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 178 4.0%
German 16 0.4%
Other Indo-European 9 0.2%
Other 9 0.2%
Chinese 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,026
Family households: 1,397; 69.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,260
Single-mother households: 25
Veterans: 588; 15.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 827 18.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 224 5.1%
Catholic 182 4.1%
Mainline Protestant 146 3.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd 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: Cathlamet, South Bend

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 26.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023