Jury Pool Profile
Eddy County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Carlsbad
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 62,509
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 61,105.
At a glance
Eddy County is a 62,509-person venue. The county population is 57% White (Census race-alone categories). 52% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 42.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $75,342, $7,504 above the NM state median of $67,838; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 28.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 23.5% of covered employment, average pay $107,858/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.58%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 77% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 61,105
- Median household income
- $78,426
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 1%.
Eddy County has a population of 61,105, with a median age of 36.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 56.6%; Black residents 1.4%. Independently, 51.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $75,342; 19.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Natural resources & mining, about 23% of covered jobs. Oil and gas (private NAICS 211, 213111, 213112) is at least 19.9% of all jobs, at or above the 5% bar.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 23.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.58%, below the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Eddy County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.3% in 2024, 75.2% in 2020, 67.2% 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'). 28.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
28.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 6.6% of the adult civilian population (2,990 individuals).