Jury Pool Profile

Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Democratic +21 (2024)

Population: 674,357
Median household income: $66,514
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 369,741 54.8%
Black or African American alone 20,435 3.0%
Asian alone 19,443 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34,580 5.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 704 0.1%
Some other race alone 77,756 11.5%
Two or more races 151,698 22.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 329,949 48.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 139,325 20.7%
18–24 60,127 8.9%
25–44 189,363 28.1%
45–64 165,657 24.6%
65 and over 119,885 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $54.8B; 37.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,493
Establishments: 22,948

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 92,313 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 61,725 17.8%
Professional & business services 61,665 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 43,394 12.5%
Construction 22,866 6.6%
Public administration 21,951 6.3%
Financial activities 16,569 4.8%
Manufacturing 11,888 3.4%
Other services 9,339 2.7%
Information 5,321 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 411 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.3%
Median gross rent: $1,087
Owner-occupied: 182,272
Renter-occupied: 101,337

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Presbyterian Healthcare Services	Education & health services	14,000*
2	Sandia National Laboratories	Professional & business services	12,000*
3	Albuquerque Public Schools	Education & health services	11,000*
4	University of New Mexico	Education & health services	6,500*
5	UNM Hospital (University of New Mexico Hospital)	Education & health services	6,000*
6	City of Albuquerque	Public administration / Government	6,000*
7	Amazon	Trade, transportation & utilities	3,500*
8	Lovelace Health System (Lovelace Hospitals)	Education & health services	3,500*
9	Central New Mexico Community College	Education & health services	1,750*
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico	Financial activities	1,750*
11	T-Mobile US	Information	1,750*
12	Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)	Trade, transportation & utilities	1,250*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Employment & Economic Information Center of New Mexico, LLC (compiled for the New Mexico Career Development Association) — "New Mexico's Largest Employers," August 2025; corroborated by the New Mexico Partnership "Largest Employers" list (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 310,844 votes cast

Democratic 184,117 59.2%
Republican 118,762 38.2%
Other / third-party 7,965 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 134,658 21.0%
Other 12,037 1.9%
Other Indo-European 5,416 0.8%
Vietnamese 3,728 0.6%
Chinese 2,664 0.4%
German 2,262 0.4%
Tagalog 2,240 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,161 0.3%
Arabic 1,947 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,424 0.2%
Slavic languages 1,164 0.2%
Korean 915 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 283,609
Family households: 161,684; 57.0% of households
Married w/ children: 106,618
Single-mother households: 19,780
Veterans: 43,238; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 208,059 30.8%
Evangelical Protestant 103,122 15.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 38,784 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 17,518 2.6%
Black Protestant 4,133 0.6%
Orthodox 500 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 31 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Albuquerque

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 115; 21.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 112

NHTSA FARS 2023