Jury Pool Profile
Guadalupe County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Santa Rosa
- Judicial district
- 4th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,343
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,381.
At a glance
Guadalupe County is a 4,343-person venue. The county population is 40% White (Census race-alone categories). 77% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 16.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $47,579, $20,259 below the NM state median of $67,838; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 46.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 29.9% of covered employment, average pay $49,758/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.71%, above the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,381
- Median household income
- $42,750
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 40%; Black: 2%.
Guadalupe County has a population of 4,381, with a median age of 37.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 40.4%; Black residents 1.9%. Independently, 76.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $47,579; 16.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 30% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 29.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 23.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.71%, above the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 53%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Guadalupe County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.5% in 2024, 56.4% in 2020, 53.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 46.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
46.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (236 individuals).