Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Idaho

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 32,234
Median household income: $82,952
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,459 88.3%
Black or African American alone 40 0.1%
Asian alone 21 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 197 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,432 4.4%
Two or more races 2,080 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,485 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.3

Under 18 10,592 32.9%
18–24 2,912 9.0%
25–44 8,142 25.3%
45–64 6,871 21.3%
65 and over 3,717 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 1.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,365
Establishments: 1,180

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,041 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,474 15.3%
Construction 1,250 12.9%
Manufacturing 1,132 11.7%
Natural resources & mining 861 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 589 6.1%
Public administration 459 4.8%
Professional & business services 436 4.5%
Financial activities 210 2.2%
Other services 167 1.7%
Information 37 0.4%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.4%
Median gross rent: $1,098
Owner-occupied: 8,154
Renter-occupied: 1,745

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,819 votes cast

Republican 13,481 85.2%
Democratic 1,891 12.0%
Other / third-party 447 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,960 9.9%
Other Indo-European 112 0.4%
German 103 0.3%
Chinese 55 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.1%
Arabic 30 0.1%
Slavic languages 23 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,899
Family households: 7,998; 80.8% of households
Married w/ children: 6,911
Single-mother households: 375
Veterans: 1,201; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.3% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 25,237 81.7%
Catholic 1,597 5.2%
Evangelical Protestant 348 1.1%
Mainline Protestant 88 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 10.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Arco, Blackfoot, Challis, Driggs, Dubois, Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Rigby, Saint Anthony, Salmon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 36.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023