Jury Pool Profile
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
Democratic +19 (2024)
- Population
- 40,165
- Median household income
- $53,901
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,213 27.9%
- Black or African American alone 299 0.7%
- Asian alone 236 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,721 16.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 64 0.2%
- Some other race alone 12,257 30.5%
- Two or more races 9,375 23.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,038 67.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.4
- Under 18 9,080 22.6%
- 18–24 3,228 8.0%
- 25–44 8,930 22.2%
- 45–64 10,421 25.9%
- 65 and over 8,506 21.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.3%
- +0.06 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.4B
- 0.94% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,908
- Establishments
- 859
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,641 28.4%
- Public administration 2,184 23.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,404 15.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,291 13.9%
- Professional & business services 482 5.2%
- Construction 451 4.9%
- Other services 348 3.7%
- Financial activities 172 1.9%
- Manufacturing 123 1.3%
- Natural resources & mining 113 1.2%
- Information 84 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.1%
- Median gross rent
- $760
- Owner-occupied
- 11,697
- Renter-occupied
- 3,283
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 15,989 votes cast
- Democratic 9,373 58.6%
- Republican 6,268 39.2%
- Other / third-party 348 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
46.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 17,276 45.3%
- Other 2,929 7.7%
- Vietnamese 121 0.3%
- Tagalog 80 0.2%
- German 50 0.1%
- Chinese 34 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 15 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,980
- Family households
- 9,305
- 62.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,649
- Single-mother households
- 1,238
- Veterans
- 2,060
- 6.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
79.2% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 26,213 64.9%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,868 7.1%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,375 5.9%
- Mainline Protestant 520 1.3%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.8%
- With a disability
- 14.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Tierra Amarilla
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 16
- 51.47 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 12
NHTSA FARS 2023