Jury Pool Profile
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- County seat
- Nogales
- Judicial district
- Santa Cruz County Superior Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 50,020
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 48,926.
At a glance
Santa Cruz County is a 50,020-person venue. The county population is 28% White (Census race-alone categories). 83% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 15.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $57,125, $24,279 below the AZ state median of $81,404; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 77.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 40.3% of covered employment, average pay $55,313/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.14%, above the 4.61% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 72% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 48,926
- Median household income
- $55,217
- Unemployment
- 7.1%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 28%; Black: 0%.
Santa Cruz County has a population of 48,926, with a median age of 37.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 28.5%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 82.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $57,125; 23.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 40% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 40.3% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 16.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 7.14%, above the Arizona state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Santa Cruz County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.9% in 2024, 67.2% in 2020, 71.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 77.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
77.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 4.3% of the adult civilian population (1,559 individuals).