Jury Pool Profile

Grant County, New Mexico

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 27,856
Median household income: $45,921
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,685 67.1%
Black or African American alone 186 0.7%
Asian alone 253 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 388 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,929 6.9%
Two or more races 6,415 23.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,373 48.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49

Under 18 5,022 18.0%
18–24 2,201 7.9%
25–44 5,519 19.8%
45–64 6,885 24.7%
65 and over 8,229 29.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,413
Establishments: 743

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,076 32.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,349 14.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,251 13.3%
Professional & business services 1,195 12.7%
Leisure & hospitality 839 8.9%
Public administration 567 6.0%
Construction 451 4.8%
Other services 266 2.8%
Financial activities 234 2.5%
Information 116 1.2%
Manufacturing 97 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 8,107
Renter-occupied: 2,962

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,224 votes cast

Democratic 7,301 51.3%
Republican 6,580 46.3%
Other / third-party 343 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,575 20.9%
Other 169 0.6%
Chinese 131 0.5%
Other Indo-European 72 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.2%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.1%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
German 10 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,069
Family households: 5,777; 52.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,517
Single-mother households: 279
Veterans: 2,527; 11.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,098 28.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,565 16.2%
Evangelical Protestant 2,550 9.0%
Mainline Protestant 664 2.4%
Black Protestant 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 22.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Deming, Lordsburg, Silver City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 35.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023