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Pima County, Arizona

Democratic +15.2 (2024)
County seat
Tucson
Judicial district
Pima County Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
1,074,685
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,060,490.

At a glance

Pima County is a 1,074,685-person venue. The county population is 59% White (Census race-alone categories). 36% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 50.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $71,993, $9,411 below the AZ state median of $81,404; 36.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 25.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 25.0% of covered employment, average pay $60,161/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.83%, above the 4.61% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 54% to 59% of the vote across the three.

Population
1,060,490
Median household income
$70,315
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Racially mixed

50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 59% / 4%.

Pima County has a population of 1,060,490, with a median age of 39.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 59.2%; Black residents 3.6%. Independently, 36.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $71,993; 36.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 535,175 50.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 386,110 36.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 35,505 3.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 31,152 2.9%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 45,898 4.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20,466 1.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1,226 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4,958 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

  • Under 18 207,722 19.6%
  • 18–24 122,759 11.6%
  • 25–44 261,800 24.7%
  • 45–64 239,217 22.6%
  • 65 and over 228,992 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$71,993
90% interval $70,198–$73,788
−$9,411 vs AZ · 6th of 15
Below poverty line
13.8%
90% interval 12.6%–15.0%
+1.9 pp vs AZ · 11th of 15

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 25% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 25.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.83%, above the Arizona state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP
$66.7B
11.7% of state
Avg. annual pay
$64,242
Establishments
23,471

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 96,798 25.0%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 70,328 18.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 49,083 12.7%
  • Professional & business services 41,372 10.7%
  • Manufacturing 28,752 7.4%
  • Public administration 22,217 5.7%
  • Construction 20,605 5.3%
  • Financial activities 17,042 4.4%
  • Other services 12,611 3.3%
  • Information 4,384 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 3,269 0.8%
  • Unclassified 117 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 94.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
65.2%
−2.2 pp vs AZ · 13th of 15
Median gross rent
$1,212
−$331 vs AZ · 5th of 15
Owner-occupied
285,639
Renter-occupied
152,188

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $113,978/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,281/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

3 of the top 5 employers on this list (4 of the listed 10) are in education & health services, accounting for 39,188 employees on this list. This concentrates 'big institutional employer' juror experience in one sector; confirm employer ties before any framing that touches it.

# Employer Sector Employees
1 University of Arizona Higher education (public university) 16,717
2 Raytheon Aerospace and defense manufacturing 14,033
3 Banner Healthcare - UMC Hospital 8,427
4 Tucson Unified School District Public school district 8,125
5 Pima County Government County government 7,295
6 Tucson Medical Center Hospital 5,919
7 Davis-Monthan AFB Federal government (Air Force base) 5,426
8 State of Arizona State government 4,770
9 City of Tucson City government 4,394
10 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Retail (general merchandise) 4,318

Source: Pima County, Arizona, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, Exhibit D-21, 'Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago,' 2025 column. The county credits the Pima Association of Governments and the University of Arizona's Economic and Business Research Center; no further method is stated. (2025)

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 57%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Pima County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.0% in 2024, 58.6% in 2020, 54.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 513,176 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201640.8%54.2%
202039.9%58.6%
202441.8%57.0%
  • Democratic 292,450 57.0%
  • Republican 214,669 41.8%
  • Other / third-party 6,057 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 25.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

25.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 9.4% of the adult civilian population (79,558 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

74.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 210,188 20.8%
  • Chinese 5,622 0.6%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,644 0.4%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,522 0.3%
  • Arabic 3,456 0.3%
  • Tagalog 3,439 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 3,338 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 2,617 0.3%
  • Korean 2,035 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
437,827
Family households
260,410
59.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
62,559
24.0% of families
Single-mother families
24,179
9.3% of families
Veterans
79,558
9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

38.8% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 197,228 18.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 108,784 10.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 66,184 6.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 24,788 2.4%
  • Black Protestant 6,466 0.6%
  • Orthodox 1,838 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.4%
±0.3 pp
Uninsured
8.6%
±0.3 pp
13th of 15
With a disability
15.0%
±0.3 pp
10th of 15
Bachelor's or higher
36.8%
±0.6 pp
+3.5 pp vs AZ · 2nd of 15
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.8%
90% interval 11.0%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Pima County Superior Court
Judges
30 (Superior Court judges + commissioners; vintage 2026 azcourts.gov roster)
Court seats
Tucson
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Pima totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
182
21.34 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
168

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Pima County, Arizona to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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