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Beaver County, Utah

Republican +74.3 (2024)
County seat
Beaver
Judicial district
5th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
7,301
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,273.

At a glance

Beaver County is a 7,301-person venue. The county population is 89% White (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 83.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $74,812, $21,586 below the UT state median of $96,398; 23.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 11.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.9% of covered employment, average pay $64,848/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.06%, below the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 87% of the vote across the three.

Population
7,273
Median household income
$79,360
Unemployment
3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 89% / 0%.

Beaver County has a population of 7,273, with a median age of 34.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 88.9%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 15.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $74,812; 23.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 6,082 83.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,088 15.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24 0.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 52 0.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 34.4

  • Under 18 2,141 29.4%
  • 18–24 592 8.1%
  • 25–44 1,900 26.1%
  • 45–64 1,530 21.0%
  • 65 and over 1,110 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$74,812
90% interval $69,616–$80,008
−$21,586 vs UT · 16th of 29
Below poverty line
9.5%
90% interval 7.0%–12.0%
+1.1 pp vs UT · 14th of 29

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 28% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.06%, below the Utah state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.1%
−0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP
$586.5M
0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,034
Establishments
273

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 857 27.9%
  • Education & health services 572 18.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 401 13.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 353 11.5%
  • Public administration 284 9.3%
  • Construction 234 7.6%
  • Manufacturing 190 6.2%
  • Other services 67 2.2%
  • Financial activities 56 1.8%
  • Professional & business services 52 1.7%
  • Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
81.0%
+10.8 pp vs UT · 8th of 29
Median gross rent
$981
−$515 vs UT · 16th of 29
Owner-occupied
2,039
Renter-occupied
479

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $65,774/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,564/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Beaver County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 86.6% in 2024, 86.9% in 2020, 73.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,212 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.8%10.6%
202086.9%11.5%
202486.6%12.3%
  • Republican 2,781 86.6%
  • Democratic 394 12.3%
  • Other / third-party 37 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 77% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 11.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

11.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.0% of the adult civilian population (256 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

88.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 703 10.4%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 68 1.0%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
2,518
Family households
1,928
76.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
795
41.2% of families
Single-mother families
94
4.9% of families
Veterans
256
5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

64.6% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,991 56.4%
  • Catholic 500 7.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 74 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
84.8%
±8 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability
18.3%
±3.4 pp
5th of 29
Bachelor's or higher
23.5%
±5.3 pp
−14.2 pp vs UT · 18th of 29
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.9%
90% interval 9.6%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
5th Judicial District Court
Judges
7 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 utcourts.gov directory + Utah Code § 78A-5-101. UT has ~89 District Court judges statewide. Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction: Class B/C misdemeanors, small civil under $20K) are separately allocated at the city + county level and not counted here. Juvenile Court judges (companion court with same district boundaries) are also separately allocated.)
Court seats
Beaver, Parowan, St. George

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Beaver totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
19.49 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Beaver County, Utah to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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