Jury Pool Profile

Eddy County, New Mexico

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 61,114
Median household income: $79,605
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,641 64.9%
Black or African American alone 892 1.5%
Asian alone 381 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,069 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,942 9.7%
Two or more races 13,189 21.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31,104 50.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 15,920 26.0%
18–24 5,303 8.7%
25–44 17,074 27.9%
45–64 13,883 22.7%
65 and over 8,934 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.3B; 7.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,419
Establishments: 1,976

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 7,094 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,280 19.5%
Education & health services 4,933 15.3%
Construction 3,519 10.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,750 8.5%
Professional & business services 2,634 8.2%
Public administration 1,290 4.0%
Financial activities 1,204 3.7%
Manufacturing 1,194 3.7%
Other services 1,071 3.3%
Information 226 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $1,183
Owner-occupied: 17,354
Renter-occupied: 5,891

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,472 votes cast

Republican 18,141 77.3%
Democratic 5,032 21.4%
Other / third-party 299 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

74.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,841 24.4%
Other 341 0.6%
German 152 0.3%
Tagalog 136 0.2%
Other Indo-European 43 0.1%
Korean 31 0.1%
Arabic 17 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 11 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,245
Family households: 15,890; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 11,329
Single-mother households: 1,240
Veterans: 3,003; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 13,353 21.4%
Evangelical Protestant 13,093 21.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,099 5.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,391 3.8%
Black Protestant 730 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

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: 18; 39.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023