Jerome County, Idaho

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,304 56.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,873 39.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 906 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%

• Under 18 7,461 29.6%
• 18–24 2,197 8.7%
• 25–44 6,575 26.1%
• 45–64 5,577 22.2%
• 65 and over 3,363 13.4%

Median household income

$71,238

90% interval $64,796–$77,680

−$9,614 vs ID · 21st of 44

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.6%–13.6%

+0.7 pp vs ID · 26th of 44

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

1.55% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,347

Establishments

947

• Natural resources & mining 2,836 23.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,688 21.8%
• Manufacturing 2,651 21.5%
• Education & health services 1,333 10.8%
• Construction 697 5.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 583 4.7%
• Professional & business services 531 4.3%
• Public administration 472 3.8%
• Other services 285 2.3%
• Information 7 0.1%
• Financial activities 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 98.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.2%

+3.1 pp vs ID · 24th of 44

Median gross rent

$966

−$272 vs ID · 18th of 44

Owner-occupied

6,228

Renter-occupied

2,049

• 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, $65,776/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Information, $17,652/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 6,012 75.7%
• Democratic 1,742 21.9%
• Other / third-party 191 2.4%

• Spanish 7,857 33.7%
• Korean 77 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 40 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 28 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%

Households

8,277

Family households

6,505

78.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,349

36.1% of families

Single-mother families

443

6.8% of families

Veterans

1,087

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,793 19.8%
• Catholic 1,769 7.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 935 3.9%
• Mainline Protestant 129 0.5%

Health insured

85.2%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

14.8%

±2.3 pp

5th of 44

With a disability

14.2%

±1.8 pp

29th of 44

Bachelor's or higher

14.0%

±2.2 pp

−17.8 pp vs ID · 41st of 44

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.9%

90% interval 17.1%–20.7% · 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

39.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7