Jury Pool Profile
Los Alamos County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Los Alamos
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 19,407
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 19,435.
At a glance
Los Alamos County is a 19,407-person venue. The county population is 75% White (Census race-alone categories). 18% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 69.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $149,062, $81,224 above the NM state median of $67,838; 69.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Professional & business services, at 78.5% of covered employment, average pay $132,779/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.13%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 63% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 19,435
- Median household income
- $147,139
- Unemployment
- 2.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 75% / 1%.
Los Alamos County has a population of 19,435, with a median age of 39.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 74.7%; Black residents 0.9%. Independently, 18.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $149,062; 69.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 3.8% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Professional & business services, about 78% of covered jobs.
Professional & business services is the largest employment sector at 78.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 8.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.13%, below the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Los Alamos County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.4% in 2024, 61.4% in 2020, 52.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
14.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (1,101 individuals).