Jury Pool Profile
Bear Lake County, Idaho
Republican +77 (2024)
- Population
- 6,552
- Median household income
- $67,304
- Unemployment
- 3.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 6,183 94.4%
- Black or African American alone 18 0.3%
- Asian alone 17 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 101 1.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 95 1.4%
- Two or more races 138 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 244 3.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.2
- Under 18 1,776 27.1%
- 18–24 502 7.7%
- 25–44 1,408 21.5%
- 45–64 1,498 22.9%
- 65 and over 1,368 20.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.0%
- -0.59 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $295.7M
- 0.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $40,230
- Establishments
- 282
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 600 30.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 389 19.5%
- Professional & business services 332 16.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 225 11.3%
- Public administration 174 8.7%
- Construction 90 4.5%
- Manufacturing 67 3.4%
- Financial activities 58 2.9%
- Other services 32 1.6%
- Natural resources & mining 18 0.9%
- Information 13 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 85.0%
- Median gross rent
- $687
- Owner-occupied
- 1,962
- Renter-occupied
- 346
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,325 votes cast
- Republican 2,908 87.5%
- Democratic 346 10.4%
- Other / third-party 71 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.3% speak only English at home
- Spanish 181 3.0%
- Other Indo-European 60 1.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.3%
- Other 15 0.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.1%
- Tagalog 4 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,308
- Family households
- 1,644
- 71.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,432
- Single-mother households
- 72
- Veterans
- 294
- 6.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
90.0% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,546 87.0%
- Catholic 180 2.8%
- Mainline Protestant 11 0.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.3%
- With a disability
- 15.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 6th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)
- Court seats
- American Falls, Malad City, Paris, Pocatello, Preston, Soda Springs
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 62.81 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023