Gooding County, Idaho

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,054 63.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,016 31.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 44 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 635 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 148 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%

• Under 18 4,204 26.4%
• 18–24 1,400 8.8%
• 25–44 3,705 23.3%
• 45–64 3,682 23.1%
• 65 and over 2,940 18.5%

Median household income

$63,073

90% interval $55,753–$70,393

−$17,779 vs ID · 34th of 44

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 10.8%–16.2%

+3.1 pp vs ID · 10th of 44

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

1.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,022

Establishments

634

• Natural resources & mining 2,008 30.1%
• Education & health services 1,378 20.7%
• Manufacturing 1,024 15.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 803 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 400 6.0%
• Construction 346 5.2%
• Public administration 331 5.0%
• Professional & business services 126 1.9%
• Financial activities 123 1.8%
• Other services 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 98.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.8%

−1.3 pp vs ID · 35th of 44

Median gross rent

$880

−$358 vs ID · 25th of 44

Owner-occupied

4,039

Renter-occupied

1,663

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $66,496/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,339/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,676 79.0%
• Democratic 1,100 18.6%
• Other / third-party 142 2.4%

• Spanish 3,855 25.8%
• German or other West Germanic 104 0.7%
• Chinese 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.1%

Households

5,702

Family households

3,768

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,017

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

289

7.7% of families

Veterans

985

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,395 15.4%
• Catholic 763 4.9%
• Mainline Protestant 575 3.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 354 2.3%

Health insured

80.9%

±3.1 pp

Uninsured

19.1%

±3.1 pp

2nd of 44

With a disability

17.2%

±2.4 pp

16th of 44

Bachelor's or higher

16.2%

±3 pp

−15.6 pp vs ID · 38th of 44

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.4%

90% interval 17.5%–21.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

6 (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

Burley, Fairfield, Gooding, Hailey, Jerome, Rupert, Shoshone, Twin Falls

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

59.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7