Jury Pool Profile

Sandoval County, New Mexico

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 151,538
Median household income: $84,053
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 85,025 56.1%
Black or African American alone 3,322 2.2%
Asian alone 2,419 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18,192 12.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 274 0.2%
Some other race alone 12,407 8.2%
Two or more races 29,899 19.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,922 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 33,612 22.2%
18–24 11,518 7.6%
25–44 38,309 25.3%
45–64 38,389 25.3%
65 and over 29,710 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.1B; 4.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,474
Establishments: 3,273

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,746 24.5%
Leisure & hospitality 5,715 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,698 13.2%
Manufacturing 4,360 12.2%
Professional & business services 4,140 11.6%
Public administration 2,899 8.1%
Construction 2,738 7.7%
Financial activities 1,090 3.1%
Other services 848 2.4%
Information 225 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 196 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.6%
Median gross rent: $1,408
Owner-occupied: 46,606
Renter-occupied: 9,135

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Intel Corporation (Rio Rancho)	Semiconductor Manufacturing	2,900*
2	Rio Rancho Public Schools	Education	2,300*
3	Safelite (Rio Rancho Contact Center)	Contact Center / Insurance Claims	900*
4	Presbyterian Rust Medical Center	Health Care	800*
5	City of Rio Rancho	Government	750*
6	Sandoval County (county government)	Government	750*
7	HP Inc. (Rio Rancho)	Technology Contact Center	500*
8	Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa (Santa Ana Pueblo)	Lodging / Hospitality	375*

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Employment & Economic Information Center of New Mexico, LLC for the New Mexico Career Development Association (NMCDA) — "New Mexico's Largest Employers" (Rio Rancho/Sandoval County section), Aug 2025; supplemented by Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance "Sandoval County" community profile (Mar 2024), NM Economic Development Department press releases, and Albuquerque Journal reporting (Jul 2025) for Intel headcount. (2025)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 79,540 votes cast

Democratic 41,205 51.8%
Republican 36,605 46.0%
Other / third-party 1,730 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

75.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 20,724 14.4%
Other 11,849 8.2%
Vietnamese 506 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 445 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 419 0.3%
Other Indo-European 340 0.2%
German 337 0.2%
Tagalog 318 0.2%
Korean 204 0.1%
Arabic 182 0.1%
Slavic languages 145 0.1%
Chinese 103 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 55,741
Family households: 40,305; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 29,929
Single-mother households: 3,481
Veterans: 12,167; 10.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 58,122 39.1%
Evangelical Protestant 12,817 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,044 5.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,703 1.1%
Black Protestant 360 0.2%
Orthodox 30 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Court
Judges: 9 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Bernalillo, Grants, Los Lunas

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 11.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023