Jury Pool Profile

McKinley County, New Mexico

Democratic +24 (2024)

Population: 71,172
Median household income: $44,496
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,998 9.8%
Black or African American alone 327 0.5%
Asian alone 978 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54,628 76.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 83 0.1%
Some other race alone 4,126 5.8%
Two or more races 4,032 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,649 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.1

Under 18 19,619 27.6%
18–24 6,431 9.0%
25–44 19,466 27.4%
45–64 16,233 22.8%
65 and over 9,423 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 1.97% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,226
Establishments: 1,225

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 7,787 39.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,131 21.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,951 15.1%
Public administration 1,723 8.8%
Construction 702 3.6%
Professional & business services 622 3.2%
Financial activities 542 2.8%
Other services 483 2.5%
Manufacturing 376 1.9%
Information 143 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 41 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 14,509
Renter-occupied: 6,579

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,867 votes cast

Democratic 15,711 60.7%
Republican 9,364 36.2%
Other / third-party 792 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

49.2% speak only English at home

Other 29,353 43.8%
Spanish 3,640 5.4%
Tagalog 447 0.7%
Other Indo-European 334 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 84 0.1%
Arabic 52 0.1%
German 50 0.1%
Vietnamese 20 0.0%
Slavic languages 17 0.0%
Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 21,088
Family households: 15,024; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 6,597
Single-mother households: 2,573
Veterans: 2,449; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,427 10.2%
Catholic 5,980 8.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,386 7.4%
Black Protestant 282 0.4%
Mainline Protestant 219 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 80.6%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 8 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Aztec, Gallup

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 29; 56.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 26

NHTSA FARS 2023