Jury Pool Profile
Benewah County, Idaho
Republican +61 (2024)
- Population
- 9,913
- Median household income
- $56,553
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 8,423 85.0%
- Black or African American alone 73 0.7%
- Asian alone 4 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 868 8.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 20 0.2%
- Some other race alone 38 0.4%
- Two or more races 487 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 355 3.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 46
- Under 18 2,189 22.1%
- 18–24 660 6.7%
- 25–44 2,013 20.3%
- 45–64 2,726 27.5%
- 65 and over 2,325 23.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.6%
- +1.94 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $557.6M
- 0.43% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $56,185
- Establishments
- 427
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 759 22.4%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 688 20.3%
- Public administration 626 18.5%
- Manufacturing 494 14.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 198 5.8%
- Natural resources & mining 184 5.4%
- Construction 124 3.7%
- Professional & business services 114 3.4%
- Other services 89 2.6%
- Financial activities 82 2.4%
- Information 37 1.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.7%
- Median gross rent
- $853
- Owner-occupied
- 3,012
- Renter-occupied
- 966
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,144 votes cast
- Republican 4,094 79.6%
- Democratic 935 18.2%
- Other / third-party 115 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.3% speak only English at home
- German 141 1.5%
- Spanish 96 1.0%
- Other 76 0.8%
- Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
- Slavic languages 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,978
- Family households
- 2,713
- 68.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,160
- Single-mother households
- 153
- Veterans
- 878
- 11.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,647 17.3%
- Catholic 1,136 11.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 645 6.8%
- Mainline Protestant 100 1.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 86.0%
- With a disability
- 21.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 5 (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
- Bonners Ferry, Coeur d'Alene, Sandpoint, St. Maries, Wallace
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 38.84 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023