Jury Pool Profile
Quay County, New Mexico
Republican +41 (2024)
- Population
- 8,616
- Median household income
- $43,698
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,609 65.1%
- Black or African American alone 135 1.6%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 168 1.9%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18 0.2%
- Some other race alone 961 11.2%
- Two or more races 1,725 20.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,842 44.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 48.1
- Under 18 1,781 20.7%
- 18–24 447 5.2%
- 25–44 1,845 21.4%
- 45–64 2,318 26.9%
- 65 and over 2,225 25.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.14 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $353.6M
- 0.24% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $43,268
- Establishments
- 330
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 772 30.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 645 25.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 445 17.7%
- Public administration 186 7.4%
- Construction 172 6.9%
- Financial activities 80 3.2%
- Professional & business services 70 2.8%
- Other services 70 2.8%
- Information 19 0.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 72.7%
- Median gross rent
- $752
- Owner-occupied
- 2,984
- Renter-occupied
- 1,118
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,704 votes cast
- Republican 2,570 69.4%
- Democratic 1,055 28.5%
- Other / third-party 79 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
79.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,677 20.2%
- Other 9 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 4,102
- Family households
- 2,172
- 52.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,464
- Single-mother households
- 345
- Veterans
- 671
- 9.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
89.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 3,859 44.1%
- Catholic 3,387 38.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 316 3.6%
- Mainline Protestant 303 3.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.1%
- With a disability
- 26.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 10th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 1 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Fort Sumner, Mosquero, Tucumcari
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 73.15 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023