Jury Pool Profile
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Albuquerque
- Judicial district
- 2nd Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 667,601
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 673,930.
At a glance
Bernalillo County is a 667,601-person venue. The county population is 49% White (Census race-alone categories). 49% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 37.1%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $72,986, $5,148 above the NM state median of $67,838; 38.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 26.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (1.8%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $66,544/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.34%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 53% to 61% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 673,930
- Median household income
- $69,473
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 49%; Black: 3%.
Bernalillo County has a population of 673,930, with a median age of 39.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 49.4%; Black residents 3.1%. Independently, 49.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $72,986; 38.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.34%, below the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bernalillo County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 59.2% in 2024, 61.0% in 2020, 52.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 56% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 26.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
26.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese. Veterans account for 8.0% of the adult civilian population (42,524 individuals).