Jury Pool Profile

Whitman County, Washington

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 47,042
Median household income: $52,893
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,086 76.7%
Black or African American alone 766 1.6%
Asian alone 3,496 7.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 346 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 86 0.2%
Some other race alone 1,262 2.7%
Two or more races 5,000 10.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,783 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 26.1

Under 18 7,385 15.7%
18–24 15,300 32.5%
25–44 11,293 24.0%
45–64 7,608 16.2%
65 and over 5,456 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,512
Establishments: 1,243

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,608 45.0%
Manufacturing 2,923 15.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,280 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,645 8.6%
Public administration 1,025 5.4%
Professional & business services 788 4.1%
Construction 493 2.6%
Financial activities 455 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 439 2.3%
Other services 310 1.6%
Information 135 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 46.6%
Median gross rent: $1,002
Owner-occupied: 8,365
Renter-occupied: 9,587

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,845 votes cast

Democratic 10,480 52.8%
Republican 8,699 43.8%
Other / third-party 666 3.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,548 3.4%
Chinese 1,212 2.7%
Other Indo-European 712 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 388 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 257 0.6%
Korean 223 0.5%
Other 202 0.4%
German 165 0.4%
Slavic languages 131 0.3%
Tagalog 109 0.2%
Vietnamese 107 0.2%
Arabic 37 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,952
Family households: 8,628; 48.1% of households
Married w/ children: 6,843
Single-mother households: 748
Veterans: 1,863; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,697 14.0%
Catholic 3,081 6.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,072 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,907 4.0%
Orthodox 45 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Superior Court District
Judges: 2 (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: Colfax

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 10.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023