Jury Pool Profile
Colfax County, New Mexico
Republican +14 (2024)
- Population
- 12,336
- Median household income
- $52,690
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 8,356 67.7%
- Black or African American alone 76 0.6%
- Asian alone 26 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 276 2.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 1,053 8.5%
- Two or more races 2,549 20.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,849 47.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 49.1
- Under 18 2,193 17.8%
- 18–24 900 7.3%
- 25–44 2,523 20.5%
- 45–64 3,215 26.1%
- 65 and over 3,505 28.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.7%
- +0.42 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $623.5M
- 0.42% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,087
- Establishments
- 550
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Leisure & hospitality 1,371 32.0%
- Education & health services 849 19.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 758 17.7%
- Public administration 445 10.4%
- Construction 194 4.5%
- Professional & business services 174 4.1%
- Manufacturing 135 3.1%
- Natural resources & mining 123 2.9%
- Financial activities 118 2.8%
- Other services 95 2.2%
- Information 24 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 72.0%
- Median gross rent
- $704
- Owner-occupied
- 3,898
- Renter-occupied
- 1,515
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,813 votes cast
- Republican 3,252 55.9%
- Democratic 2,436 41.9%
- Other / third-party 125 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
82.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,910 16.1%
- Other 153 1.3%
- Other Indo-European 23 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
- German 14 0.1%
- Slavic languages 7 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,413
- Family households
- 3,126
- 57.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,083
- Single-mother households
- 376
- Veterans
- 910
- 9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
47.3% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 3,418 27.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,164 9.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 749 6.0%
- Mainline Protestant 527 4.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.2%
- With a disability
- 26.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 8th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Clayton, Raton, Taos
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 49.3 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023