Jury Pool Profile
Santa Fe County, New Mexico
- Population
- 155,175
- Median household income
- $74,689
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
- White alone 96,125 61.9%
- Black or African American alone 1,527 1.0%
- Asian alone 2,272 1.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,086 3.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 93 0.1%
- Some other race alone 17,990 11.6%
- Two or more races 32,082 20.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74,485 48.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Median age 48.5
- Under 18 25,576 16.5%
- 18–24 10,841 7.0%
- 25–44 34,959 22.5%
- 45–64 41,458 26.7%
- 65 and over 42,341 27.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.8%
- -0.43 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $10.1B
- 6.86% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $61,218
- Establishments
- 6,768
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 13,266 21.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 12,931 20.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 10,580 17.1%
- Public administration 9,345 15.1%
- Professional & business services 5,541 9.0%
- Construction 3,202 5.2%
- Other services 2,661 4.3%
- Financial activities 2,264 3.7%
- Information 947 1.5%
- Manufacturing 807 1.3%
- Natural resources & mining 282 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
- Home ownership
- 70.6%
- Median gross rent
- $1,318
- Owner-occupied
- 48,973
- Renter-occupied
- 20,375
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Principal employers by headcount
| # | Employer | Sector | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State of New Mexico (state government) | Government | 26,280* |
| 2 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Government | 11,956 |
| 3 | Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center | Health Care | 2,365 |
| 4 | Santa Fe Public Schools | Education | 1,800 |
| 5 | City of Santa Fe | Government | 1,500 |
| 6 | Santa Fe Community College | Education | 1,200 |
| 7 | Santa Fe County | Government | 1,035 |
| 8 | Santa Fe Opera | Fine Arts | 715* |
| 9 | Walmart | Retail | 547 |
| 10 | Peters Corporation | Fine Arts | 565 |
* Headcount is an estimate.
Source: Santa Fe County, NM Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 — "Principal Employers" schedule (Statistical Section). Underlying data attributed to Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce; total county employment from NM Department of Workforce Solutions. (2025)
Political composition
2024 presidential · 83,719 votes cast
- Democratic 61,405 73.3%
- Republican 20,457 24.4%
- Other / third-party 1,857 2.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
69.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 39,048 26.2%
- Other 1,837 1.2%
- Other Indo-European 899 0.6%
- German 819 0.5%
- Slavic languages 800 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 572 0.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 474 0.3%
- Chinese 355 0.2%
- Tagalog 353 0.2%
- Korean 157 0.1%
- Arabic 82 0.1%
- Vietnamese 28 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
- Households
- 69,348
- Family households
- 39,554
- 57.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 29,042
- Single-mother households
- 3,675
- Veterans
- 9,062
- 7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
72.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 77,422 50.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 22,031 14.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 8,370 5.4%
- Mainline Protestant 3,373 2.2%
- Orthodox 305 0.2%
- Black Protestant 126 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
- Health insured
- 90.6%
- With a disability
- 14.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 44.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
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.
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 15
- 11.57 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 15
NHTSA FARS 2023