Jury Pool Profile
Santa Fe County, New Mexico
- County seat
- Santa Fe
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 156,907
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 156,105.
At a glance
Santa Fe County is a 156,907-person venue. The county population is 57% White (Census race-alone categories). 48% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 44.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $85,540, $17,702 above the NM state median of $67,838; 46.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 30.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 21.9% of covered employment, average pay $69,191/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 76% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 156,105
- Median household income
- $79,071
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 57% / 1%.
Santa Fe County has a population of 156,105, with a median age of 48.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 56.7%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 47.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $85,540; 46.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 13,570 jobs; Leisure & hospitality, 12,451, is within 20% of it.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 21.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 20.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the New Mexico state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Santa Fe County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.3% in 2024, 76.0% in 2020, 71.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 57% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 30.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
30.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.8% of the adult civilian population (8,866 individuals).