Jury Pool Profile

Luna County, New Mexico

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 25,420
Median household income: $37,917
Unemployment: 13.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,967 54.9%
Black or African American alone 484 1.9%
Asian alone 233 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 258 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,092 8.2%
Two or more races 8,372 32.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,917 66.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 6,583 25.9%
18–24 2,472 9.7%
25–44 5,758 22.7%
45–64 5,339 21.0%
65 and over 5,268 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 13.3%; +9.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.84% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,771
Establishments: 561

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,024 25.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,352 16.9%
Public administration 1,102 13.8%
Leisure & hospitality 792 9.9%
Manufacturing 754 9.4%
Natural resources & mining 720 9.0%
Construction 657 8.2%
Professional & business services 280 3.5%
Financial activities 153 1.9%
Information 32 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $685
Owner-occupied: 6,282
Renter-occupied: 2,800

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,056 votes cast

Republican 4,698 58.3%
Democratic 3,176 39.4%
Other / third-party 182 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

47.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 12,090 51.4%
Other 125 0.5%
Tagalog 80 0.3%
Arabic 27 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
Korean 17 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,082
Family households: 5,460; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,674
Single-mother households: 986
Veterans: 1,413; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,155 39.9%
Evangelical Protestant 3,374 13.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,077 8.2%
Mainline Protestant 641 2.5%
Black Protestant 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.7%

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: 10; 53.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023