Jury Pool Profile
Gem County, Idaho
Republican +66 (2024)
- Population
- 19,854
- Median household income
- $66,245
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 17,322 87.2%
- Black or African American alone 37 0.2%
- Asian alone 46 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 78 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 684 3.4%
- Two or more races 1,687 8.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,852 9.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.8
- Under 18 4,440 22.4%
- 18–24 1,460 7.4%
- 25–44 4,432 22.3%
- 45–64 5,010 25.2%
- 65 and over 4,512 22.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.8%
- +0.17 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $696.0M
- 0.54% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,976
- Establishments
- 723
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,428 31.6%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 835 18.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 435 9.6%
- Construction 420 9.3%
- Manufacturing 387 8.6%
- Public administration 382 8.5%
- Professional & business services 265 5.9%
- Other services 120 2.7%
- Financial activities 115 2.5%
- Natural resources & mining 113 2.5%
- Information 20 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.6%
- Median gross rent
- $887
- Owner-occupied
- 5,672
- Renter-occupied
- 1,734
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 10,620 votes cast
- Republican 8,707 82.0%
- Democratic 1,699 16.0%
- Other / third-party 214 2.0%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
90.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,204 6.4%
- Slavic languages 288 1.5%
- German 105 0.6%
- Other Indo-European 51 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.2%
- Other 24 0.1%
- Vietnamese 12 0.1%
- Tagalog 5 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,406
- Family households
- 5,408
- 73.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,263
- Single-mother households
- 327
- Veterans
- 1,464
- 9.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
35.5% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,187 21.9%
- Catholic 1,453 7.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 863 4.5%
- Mainline Protestant 287 1.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.1%
- With a disability
- 17.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 22.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 7 (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
- Caldwell, Council, Emmett, Murphy, Payette, Weiser
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 25.95 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023