Jury Pool Profile

Yakima County, Washington

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 256,605
Median household income: $68,015
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,600 52.8%
Black or African American alone 2,094 0.8%
Asian alone 2,989 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8,691 3.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,133 0.4%
Some other race alone 48,420 18.9%
Two or more races 57,678 22.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 132,408 51.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.2

Under 18 75,097 29.3%
18–24 24,408 9.5%
25–44 65,681 25.6%
45–64 54,797 21.4%
65 and over 36,622 14.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +1.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.3B; 1.56% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,108
Establishments: 6,385

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 29,517 25.3%
Natural resources & mining 29,243 25.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 20,151 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 8,299 7.1%
Manufacturing 7,852 6.7%
Public administration 6,761 5.8%
Professional & business services 4,990 4.3%
Construction 3,965 3.4%
Financial activities 2,335 2.0%
Other services 1,913 1.6%
Information 494 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.4%
Median gross rent: $1,068
Owner-occupied: 54,112
Renter-occupied: 32,577

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 88,280 votes cast

Republican 49,368 55.9%
Democratic 36,706 41.6%
Other / third-party 2,206 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

57.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 97,179 40.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,075 0.5%
Other 709 0.3%
German 467 0.2%
Other Indo-European 453 0.2%
Tagalog 330 0.1%
Vietnamese 256 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 248 0.1%
Chinese 208 0.1%
Arabic 191 0.1%
Slavic languages 137 0.1%
Korean 131 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 86,689
Family households: 61,440; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 41,785
Single-mother households: 8,141
Veterans: 10,098; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 60,094 23.4%
Evangelical Protestant 39,313 15.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 15,271 5.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,446 1.3%
Black Protestant 958 0.4%
Orthodox 350 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Yakima

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Washington statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 47; 25.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 44

NHTSA FARS 2023