Jury Pool Profile

Jerome County, Idaho

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 24,788
Median household income: $69,338
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,326 69.9%
Black or African American alone 28 0.1%
Asian alone 75 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 266 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,396 9.7%
Two or more races 4,672 18.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,532 38.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.6

Under 18 7,434 30.0%
18–24 2,122 8.6%
25–44 6,432 25.9%
45–64 5,497 22.2%
65 and over 3,303 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 1.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,608
Establishments: 941

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 2,828 23.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,654 21.8%
Manufacturing 2,612 21.5%
Education & health services 1,326 10.9%
Construction 674 5.5%
Leisure & hospitality 585 4.8%
Professional & business services 554 4.6%
Public administration 463 3.8%
Other services 239 2.0%
Financial activities 183 1.5%
Information 8 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.5%
Median gross rent: $862
Owner-occupied: 6,187
Renter-occupied: 2,011

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,945 votes cast

Republican 6,012 75.7%
Democratic 1,742 21.9%
Other / third-party 191 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

66.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,470 32.6%
Korean 80 0.3%
Other Indo-European 51 0.2%
German 50 0.2%
Other 27 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.1%
Chinese 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,198
Family households: 6,318; 77.1% of households
Married w/ children: 4,726
Single-mother households: 483
Veterans: 1,031; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.5% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.2%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.4%

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: 18; 103.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023