Jury Pool Profile
Cibola County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Grants
- Judicial district
- 13th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 26,807
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 26,845.
At a glance
Cibola County is a 26,807-person venue. The county population is 30% White (Census race-alone categories). 33% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 19.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $49,500, $18,338 below the NM state median of $67,838; 17.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 38.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (23.7%), then Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 32.1% of covered employment, average pay $52,092/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.84%, above the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 47% to 53% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 26,845
- Median household income
- $50,759
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 30%; Black: 2%.
Cibola County has a population of 26,845, with a median age of 40.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 30.3%; Black residents 1.9%. Independently, 32.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $49,500; 17.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 25.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 32% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 32.1% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.84%, above the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 50%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Cibola County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.6% in 2024, 53.3% in 2020, 46.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 38.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
38.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (23.7%); the most common named are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (1,573 individuals).