Jury Pool Profile

Chaves County, New Mexico

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 64,446
Median household income: $52,029
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,179 63.9%
Black or African American alone 964 1.5%
Asian alone 849 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 600 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,170 12.7%
Two or more races 12,635 19.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37,329 57.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.9

Under 18 16,131 25.0%
18–24 6,326 9.8%
25–44 16,695 25.9%
45–64 14,831 23.0%
65 and over 10,463 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 1.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,769
Establishments: 1,805

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,244 28.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,887 22.6%
Leisure & hospitality 3,478 16.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,439 6.6%
Professional & business services 1,259 5.8%
Public administration 1,186 5.5%
Construction 915 4.2%
Manufacturing 880 4.1%
Financial activities 640 3.0%
Other services 542 2.5%
Information 188 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.7%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 16,214
Renter-occupied: 7,391

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,200 votes cast

Republican 15,894 71.6%
Democratic 5,941 26.8%
Other / third-party 365 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

66.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 19,273 31.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 247 0.4%
Tagalog 216 0.4%
Other Indo-European 172 0.3%
Other 155 0.3%
Slavic languages 90 0.1%
German 71 0.1%
Vietnamese 71 0.1%
Korean 33 0.1%
Arabic 13 0.0%
Chinese 10 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,605
Family households: 15,402; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 9,781
Single-mother households: 2,076
Veterans: 3,437; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,760 21.1%
Catholic 12,869 19.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,912 4.5%
Mainline Protestant 931 1.4%
Black Protestant 620 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 10 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Carlsbad, Lovington, Roswell

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 16.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023