Jury Pool Profile
Carbon County, Utah
- County seat
- Price
- Judicial district
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 20,680
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 20,517.
At a glance
Carbon County is a 20,680-person venue. The county population is 88% White (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 81.9%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $66,816, $29,582 below the UT state median of $96,398; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.8% of covered employment, average pay $46,268/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.25%, above the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 71% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 20,517
- Median household income
- $58,377
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 1%.
Carbon County has a population of 20,517, with a median age of 38.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.6%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 13.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $66,816; 18.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.25%, above the Utah state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Carbon County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.1% in 2024, 71.4% in 2020, 66.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
5.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 4.9% of the adult civilian population (749 individuals).