Jury Pool Profile

Taos County, New Mexico

Democratic +48 (2024)

Population: 34,516
Median household income: $58,908
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,907 60.6%
Black or African American alone 104 0.3%
Asian alone 260 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,186 6.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,833 11.1%
Two or more races 7,220 20.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,530 50.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 51.9

Under 18 5,536 16.0%
18–24 2,318 6.7%
25–44 6,992 20.3%
45–64 9,426 27.3%
65 and over 10,244 29.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 1.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,377
Establishments: 1,449

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,949 26.6%
Education & health services 2,796 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,997 18.0%
Public administration 1,003 9.1%
Professional & business services 714 6.4%
Construction 632 5.7%
Financial activities 381 3.4%
Other services 255 2.3%
Manufacturing 140 1.3%
Information 117 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 90 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $1,069
Owner-occupied: 11,399
Renter-occupied: 3,060

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,636 votes cast

Democratic 12,038 72.4%
Republican 4,139 24.9%
Other / third-party 459 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

66.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,656 28.8%
Other 1,246 3.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 153 0.5%
Vietnamese 82 0.2%
Tagalog 69 0.2%
Other Indo-European 68 0.2%
Slavic languages 49 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
German 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,459
Family households: 7,573; 52.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,179
Single-mother households: 859
Veterans: 2,189; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

86.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 22,905 66.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,325 15.4%
Evangelical Protestant 943 2.7%
Mainline Protestant 670 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 18.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); Magistrate Court judges separate; vintage 2026 nmcourts.gov)
Court seats: Clayton, Raton, Taos

Court reference

Traffic safety context

New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 13.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023