Jury Pool Profile
Union County, New Mexico
Republican +52 (2024)
- Population
- 4,039
- Median household income
- $45,319
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,806 69.5%
- Black or African American alone 39 1.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 178 4.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 203 5.0%
- Two or more races 813 20.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,603 39.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.3
- Under 18 876 21.7%
- 18–24 347 8.6%
- 25–44 898 22.2%
- 45–64 1,007 24.9%
- 65 and over 911 22.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.8%
- -0.43 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $178.4M
- 0.12% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,421
- Establishments
- 182
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 306 25.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 261 21.4%
- Public administration 205 16.8%
- Natural resources & mining 116 9.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 112 9.2%
- Financial activities 51 4.2%
- Professional & business services 46 3.8%
- Information 42 3.4%
- Construction 35 2.9%
- Other services 10 0.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.2%
- Median gross rent
- $650
- Owner-occupied
- 1,025
- Renter-occupied
- 479
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,665 votes cast
- Republican 1,247 74.9%
- Democratic 378 22.7%
- Other / third-party 40 2.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
79.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 740 19.6%
- Other 35 0.9%
- German 12 0.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,504
- Family households
- 810
- 53.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 507
- Single-mother households
- 71
- Veterans
- 212
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
70.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 1,957 48.0%
- Evangelical Protestant 453 11.1%
- Mainline Protestant 391 9.6%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 58 1.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.2%
- With a disability
- 23.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
New Mexico statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 31.62 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023