Jury Pool Profile

Otero County, New Mexico

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 68,235
Median household income: $52,717
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,957 60.0%
Black or African American alone 2,490 3.6%
Asian alone 1,006 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,429 6.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 79 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,474 9.5%
Two or more races 12,800 18.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26,683 39.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 15,097 22.1%
18–24 7,781 11.4%
25–44 18,604 27.3%
45–64 15,030 22.0%
65 and over 11,723 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 2.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,017
Establishments: 1,328

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,288 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,099 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,762 15.8%
Public administration 2,403 13.7%
Professional & business services 1,572 9.0%
Construction 1,046 6.0%
Financial activities 527 3.0%
Other services 361 2.1%
Information 201 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 193 1.1%
Manufacturing 78 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.0%
Median gross rent: $926
Owner-occupied: 15,794
Renter-occupied: 8,491

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,242 votes cast

Republican 15,117 62.4%
Democratic 8,582 35.4%
Other / third-party 543 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,577 21.2%
Other 1,374 2.1%
Tagalog 268 0.4%
German 212 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 143 0.2%
Chinese 125 0.2%
Korean 83 0.1%
Vietnamese 73 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 54 0.1%
Other Indo-European 50 0.1%
Slavic languages 16 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,285
Family households: 15,251; 62.8% of households
Married w/ children: 10,933
Single-mother households: 1,765
Veterans: 7,257; 14.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,078 13.4%
Catholic 7,369 10.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,250 4.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,391 2.1%
Black Protestant 910 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 20.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Alamogordo, Carrizozo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 26.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023