Jury Pool Profile

Lea County, New Mexico

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 73,154
Median household income: $68,750
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,233 52.3%
Black or African American alone 2,958 4.0%
Asian alone 684 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 631 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.0%
Some other race alone 7,957 10.9%
Two or more races 22,673 31.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 45,091 61.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 21,818 29.8%
18–24 7,598 10.4%
25–44 20,013 27.4%
45–64 15,511 21.2%
65 and over 8,214 11.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.9B; 8.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,342
Establishments: 2,195

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 8,582 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,008 20.8%
Education & health services 5,518 16.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,563 10.6%
Construction 3,080 9.1%
Professional & business services 2,502 7.4%
Public administration 973 2.9%
Financial activities 968 2.9%
Other services 743 2.2%
Manufacturing 622 1.8%
Information 211 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.5%
Median gross rent: $1,119
Owner-occupied: 17,072
Renter-occupied: 7,496

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,209 votes cast

Republican 16,997 80.1%
Democratic 3,930 18.5%
Other / third-party 282 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

56.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 28,546 42.4%
German 247 0.4%
Other Indo-European 207 0.3%
Other 157 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 107 0.2%
Tagalog 102 0.2%
Arabic 67 0.1%
Korean 49 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 38 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,568
Family households: 16,912; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 11,819
Single-mother households: 1,901
Veterans: 1,908; 3.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,443 20.7%
Catholic 13,966 18.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,224 3.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,326 1.8%
Black Protestant 1,240 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.7%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.3%

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; 35.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023