Jury Pool Profile
Socorro County, New Mexico
Republican +4 (2024)
- Population
- 16,308
- Median household income
- $47,556
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 8,507 52.2%
- Black or African American alone 37 0.2%
- Asian alone 301 1.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,971 12.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 937 5.7%
- Two or more races 4,555 27.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,196 50.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.7
- Under 18 3,530 21.6%
- 18–24 2,192 13.4%
- 25–44 3,315 20.3%
- 45–64 3,983 24.4%
- 65 and over 3,288 20.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.0%
- +0.72 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $666.2M
- 0.45% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,836
- Establishments
- 388
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,403 49.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 679 13.9%
- Public administration 459 9.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 434 8.9%
- Professional & business services 385 7.9%
- Natural resources & mining 183 3.8%
- Construction 103 2.1%
- Financial activities 90 1.8%
- Manufacturing 66 1.4%
- Other services 38 0.8%
- Information 29 0.6%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.5%
- Median gross rent
- $653
- Owner-occupied
- 3,839
- Renter-occupied
- 1,383
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,233 votes cast
- Republican 3,651 50.5%
- Democratic 3,384 46.8%
- Other / third-party 198 2.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
62.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 3,578 23.1%
- Other 1,449 9.3%
- German 304 2.0%
- Other Indo-European 201 1.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 110 0.7%
- Korean 44 0.3%
- Chinese 41 0.3%
- Vietnamese 38 0.2%
- Arabic 21 0.1%
- Slavic languages 11 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,222
- Family households
- 3,057
- 58.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,050
- Single-mother households
- 255
- Veterans
- 1,115
- 8.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
39.4% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 4,644 28.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 810 4.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 781 4.7%
- Mainline Protestant 300 1.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.8%
- With a disability
- 25.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.0%
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
- 12
- 93.91 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 9
NHTSA FARS 2023