Jury Pool Profile

Payette County, Idaho

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 26,190
Median household income: $65,723
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,608 82.5%
Black or African American alone 22 0.1%
Asian alone 140 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 215 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,312 5.0%
Two or more races 2,889 11.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,589 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 6,719 25.7%
18–24 1,932 7.4%
25–44 6,236 23.8%
45–64 6,255 23.9%
65 and over 5,048 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.78 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,412
Establishments: 854

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,601 22.5%
Manufacturing 1,359 19.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,111 15.6%
Professional & business services 707 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 496 7.0%
Construction 483 6.8%
Public administration 381 5.3%
Natural resources & mining 353 5.0%
Financial activities 284 4.0%
Other services 25 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.5%
Median gross rent: $874
Owner-occupied: 7,063
Renter-occupied: 2,418

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,760 votes cast

Republican 9,458 80.4%
Democratic 2,064 17.6%
Other / third-party 238 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,491 10.2%
German 82 0.3%
Other 52 0.2%
Korean 31 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Other Indo-European 11 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,481
Family households: 6,685; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,529
Single-mother households: 545
Veterans: 2,019; 10.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.2% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,712 18.6%
Catholic 3,813 15.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,628 10.4%
Mainline Protestant 968 3.8%
Black Protestant 120 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 16.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd 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: Caldwell, Council, Emmett, Murphy, Payette, Weiser

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Idaho statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 46.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023