Jury Pool Profile
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Tierra Amarilla
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 39,832
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 40,070.
At a glance
Rio Arriba County is a 39,832-person venue. The county population is 22% White (Census race-alone categories). 67% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 14.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $62,153, $5,685 below the NM state median of $67,838; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 51.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (6.3%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $63,353/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.55%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 59% to 66% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 40,070
- Median household income
- $57,155
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 22%; Black: 1%.
Rio Arriba County has a population of 40,070, with a median age of 42.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 21.7%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 67.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $62,153; 19.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.1% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 22.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.55%, below the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 63%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Rio Arriba County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.6% in 2024, 66.1% in 2020, 64.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 51.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
51.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (1,737 individuals).