Jury Pool Profile

Minidoka County, Idaho

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 21,922
Median household income: $70,060
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,808 72.1%
Black or African American alone 67 0.3%
Asian alone 86 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 226 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,696 12.3%
Two or more races 3,039 13.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,042 36.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.5

Under 18 6,407 29.2%
18–24 1,895 8.6%
25–44 5,508 25.1%
45–64 4,669 21.3%
65 and over 3,443 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,905
Establishments: 786

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,290 24.7%
Education & health services 1,684 18.1%
Manufacturing 1,441 15.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,416 15.2%
Construction 629 6.8%
Leisure & hospitality 540 5.8%
Public administration 438 4.7%
Other services 264 2.8%
Professional & business services 253 2.7%
Information 187 2.0%
Financial activities 148 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $909
Owner-occupied: 5,689
Renter-occupied: 2,125

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,947 votes cast

Republican 6,401 80.5%
Democratic 1,373 17.3%
Other / third-party 173 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,906 24.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
German 18 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,814
Family households: 5,703; 73.0% of households
Married w/ children: 4,456
Single-mother households: 533
Veterans: 909; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,252 28.9%
Catholic 2,448 11.3%
Evangelical Protestant 1,527 7.1%
Mainline Protestant 319 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.0%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

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: 5; 32.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023