Jury Pool Profile
Apache County, Arizona
- County seat
- St. Johns
- Judicial district
- Apache County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 64,445
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 65,341.
At a glance
Apache County is a 64,445-person venue. The county population is 21% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $43,939, $37,465 below the AZ state median of $81,404; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 51.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (47.5%), then Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Public administration, at 32.0% of covered employment, average pay $60,213/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 8.34%, above the 4.61% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 66% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 65,341
- Median household income
- $41,438
- Unemployment
- 8.3%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 21%; Black: 1%.
Apache County has a population of 65,341, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 20.8%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 6.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $43,939; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 29.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Public administration, about 5,500 jobs; Education & health services, about 5,120, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.
Public administration is the largest employment sector at 32.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 29.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 8.34%, above the Arizona state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 64%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Apache County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.9% in 2024, 66.2% in 2020, 65.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 51.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
51.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (47.5%); the most common named are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (2,400 individuals).