Jury Pool Profile

Gooding County, Idaho

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 15,740
Median household income: $62,395
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,348 72.1%
Black or African American alone 10 0.1%
Asian alone 116 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 384 2.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,802 11.4%
Two or more races 2,080 13.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,876 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 4,269 27.1%
18–24 1,348 8.6%
25–44 3,622 23.0%
45–64 3,641 23.1%
65 and over 2,860 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 1.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,813
Establishments: 627

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 2,055 30.5%
Education & health services 1,397 20.7%
Manufacturing 1,006 14.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 803 11.9%
Leisure & hospitality 407 6.0%
Construction 376 5.6%
Public administration 335 5.0%
Financial activities 126 1.9%
Professional & business services 123 1.8%
Other services 101 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.4%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 3,933
Renter-occupied: 1,579

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,918 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

71.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,006 27.1%
German 84 0.6%
Chinese 25 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.1%
Arabic 8 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,512
Family households: 3,647; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,829
Single-mother households: 204
Veterans: 886; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.2% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.4%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 34.87 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023