Jury Pool Profile

Whatcom County, Washington

Democratic +25 (2024)

Population: 228,432
Median household income: $80,989
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 179,842 78.7%
Black or African American alone 2,011 0.9%
Asian alone 9,770 4.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,292 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 711 0.3%
Some other race alone 10,293 4.5%
Two or more races 21,513 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23,662 10.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.2

Under 18 43,119 18.9%
18–24 29,920 13.1%
25–44 60,634 26.5%
45–64 52,504 23.0%
65 and over 42,255 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.6B; 2.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,174
Establishments: 7,358

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 22,241 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,763 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 9,921 10.6%
Manufacturing 8,935 9.6%
Professional & business services 8,925 9.6%
Construction 7,564 8.1%
Public administration 5,827 6.2%
Financial activities 3,838 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 3,632 3.9%
Other services 3,600 3.9%
Information 1,195 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.5%
Median gross rent: $1,465
Owner-occupied: 58,708
Renter-occupied: 33,703

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 137,006 votes cast

Democratic 83,295 60.8%
Republican 49,213 35.9%
Other / third-party 4,498 3.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,913 6.4%
Other Indo-European 3,179 1.5%
Chinese 2,021 0.9%
Slavic languages 1,976 0.9%
German 1,230 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,082 0.5%
Other 873 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 772 0.4%
Arabic 716 0.3%
Vietnamese 692 0.3%
Tagalog 616 0.3%
Korean 474 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 92,411
Family households: 54,979; 59.5% of households
Married w/ children: 44,421
Single-mother households: 3,479
Veterans: 12,529; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 64,067 28.2%
Catholic 16,069 7.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,891 5.2%
Mainline Protestant 6,876 3.0%
Orthodox 240 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 38.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Superior Court District
Judges: 5 (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: Bellingham

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 10.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023