Jury Pool Profile

Curry County, New Mexico

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 47,932
Median household income: $56,259
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,847 58.1%
Black or African American alone 2,702 5.6%
Asian alone 731 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 596 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.1%
Some other race alone 9,461 19.7%
Two or more races 6,525 13.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,782 45.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.9

Under 18 12,798 26.7%
18–24 5,465 11.4%
25–44 14,072 29.4%
45–64 9,439 19.7%
65 and over 6,158 12.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.3B; 2.94% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,746
Establishments: 1,362

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,443 29.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,831 20.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,236 12.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,468 8.0%
Professional & business services 1,262 6.9%
Construction 1,117 6.1%
Public administration 1,070 5.8%
Manufacturing 781 4.3%
Financial activities 542 3.0%
Other services 461 2.5%
Information 91 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.3%
Median gross rent: $987
Owner-occupied: 11,315
Renter-occupied: 7,156

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,223 votes cast

Republican 10,714 70.4%
Democratic 4,230 27.8%
Other / third-party 279 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,777 24.4%
Tagalog 185 0.4%
Korean 169 0.4%
Vietnamese 148 0.3%
Other Indo-European 133 0.3%
German 91 0.2%
Other 65 0.1%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 17 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,471
Family households: 11,337; 61.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,170
Single-mother households: 1,340
Veterans: 3,707; 11.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 11,729 24.2%
Evangelical Protestant 10,825 22.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,821 3.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,376 2.8%
Black Protestant 500 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Clovis, Portales

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 19.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023