Jury Pool Profile
Sierra County, New Mexico
Republican +19 (2024)
- Population
- 11,511
- Median household income
- $37,840
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 8,477 73.6%
- Black or African American alone 27 0.2%
- Asian alone 28 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 298 2.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 840 7.3%
- Two or more races 1,841 16.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,386 29.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 57.3
- Under 18 1,791 15.6%
- 18–24 519 4.5%
- 25–44 2,062 17.9%
- 45–64 2,888 25.1%
- 65 and over 4,251 36.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.5%
- +2.29 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $423.0M
- 0.29% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,291
- Establishments
- 386
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,115 31.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 634 18.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 560 15.9%
- Public administration 338 9.6%
- Construction 220 6.2%
- Natural resources & mining 220 6.2%
- Professional & business services 131 3.7%
- Manufacturing 125 3.5%
- Financial activities 81 2.3%
- Other services 77 2.2%
- Information 20 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 70.2%
- Median gross rent
- $695
- Owner-occupied
- 3,806
- Renter-occupied
- 1,613
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,953 votes cast
- Republican 3,473 58.3%
- Democratic 2,332 39.2%
- Other / third-party 148 2.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
79.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,113 19.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 52 0.5%
- Tagalog 38 0.3%
- Other 34 0.3%
- German 25 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,419
- Family households
- 2,783
- 51.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,082
- Single-mother households
- 246
- Veterans
- 1,469
- 15.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
37.3% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 2,315 20.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,508 13.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 410 3.5%
- Mainline Protestant 90 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.9%
- With a disability
- 28.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 16.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
- Court seats
- Estancia, Reserve, Socorro, Truth or Consequences
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 51.44 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023