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Jury Pool Profile

Latah County, Idaho

Republican +8.0 (2024)
County seat
Moscow
Judicial district
2nd Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
41,842
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 41,049.

At a glance

Latah County is a 41,842-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,961, $15,891 below the ID state median of $80,852; 43.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Arabic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 43.2% of covered employment, average pay $55,702/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the 3.64% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.

Population
41,049
Median household income
$65,424
Unemployment
3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 1%.

Latah County has a population of 41,049, with a median age of 30.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.8%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 5.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $64,961; 43.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 34,673 84.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,120 5.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 401 1.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 843 2.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,521 6.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 190 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 76 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 225 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 30.6

  • Under 18 7,748 18.9%
  • 18–24 9,171 22.3%
  • 25–44 10,332 25.2%
  • 45–64 7,720 18.8%
  • 65 and over 6,078 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$64,961
90% interval $59,402–$70,520
−$15,891 vs ID · 32nd of 44
Below poverty line
17.3%
90% interval 15.2%–19.4%
+6.9 pp vs ID · 2nd of 44

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 43.2%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 43.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, below the Idaho state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.3%
−0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.1B
1.61% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,301
Establishments
1,424

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 6,488 43.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,524 16.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,856 12.4%
  • Professional & business services 1,031 6.9%
  • Construction 765 5.1%
  • Manufacturing 631 4.2%
  • Public administration 623 4.1%
  • Financial activities 359 2.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 288 1.9%
  • Information 37 0.2%
  • Other services 28 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 97.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
58.7%
−13.4 pp vs ID · 43rd of 44
Median gross rent
$929
−$309 vs ID · 22nd of 44
Owner-occupied
9,549
Renter-occupied
6,721

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 72% 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 (Professional & business services, $73,432/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,011/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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Politically split

Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.

Latah County was carried by the Republican candidate with 52.2% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 49.8% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 44.6% of the vote in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,440 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201640.0%44.6%
202046.0%49.8%
202452.2%44.2%
  • Republican 10,669 52.2%
  • Democratic 9,039 44.2%
  • Other / third-party 732 3.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (2,038 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 726 1.9%
  • Arabic 219 0.6%
  • Vietnamese 121 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 113 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 102 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 98 0.3%
  • Chinese 73 0.2%
  • Korean 48 0.1%
  • Tagalog 48 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
16,270
Family households
9,477
58.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,051
32.2% of families
Single-mother families
710
7.5% of families
Veterans
2,038
6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

29.9% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 5,117 12.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,952 7.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,240 5.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,504 3.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.9%
±1.4 pp
Uninsured
8.1%
±1.4 pp
33rd of 44
With a disability
13.1%
±1.2 pp
37th of 44
Bachelor's or higher
43.0%
±2.5 pp
+11.2 pp vs ID · 4th of 44
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.2%
90% interval 8.0%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
2nd Judicial District Court
Judges
3 (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
Grangeville, Lewiston, Moscow, Nezperce, Orofino

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Latah totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
2
6.01 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Latah County, Idaho to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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