Duchesne County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,115 84.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,509 7.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 97 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 613 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 661 3.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 97 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 64 0.3%

• Under 18 6,501 32.2%
• 18–24 1,627 8.1%
• 25–44 5,232 25.9%
• 45–64 4,192 20.8%
• 65 and over 2,633 13.0%

Median household income

$78,877

90% interval $71,175–$86,579

−$17,521 vs UT · 14th of 29

Below poverty line

9.4%

90% interval 7.0%–11.8%

+1.0 pp vs UT · 15th of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.62% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,567

Establishments

870

• Education & health services 2,283 24.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,030 22.1%
• Natural resources & mining 1,658 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 690 7.5%
• Construction 651 7.1%
• Public administration 487 5.3%
• Professional & business services 376 4.1%
• Information 299 3.3%
• Financial activities 286 3.1%
• Manufacturing 220 2.4%
• Other services 195 2.1%

Home ownership

78.9%

+8.7 pp vs UT · 15th of 29

Median gross rent

$1,009

−$487 vs UT · 15th of 29

Owner-occupied

5,428

Renter-occupied

1,450

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $92,578/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,232/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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.

• Republican 7,815 87.2%
• Democratic 1,009 11.3%
• Other / third-party 143 1.6%

• Spanish 888 4.8%
• Tagalog 49 0.3%
• Chinese 40 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 11 0.1%
• Vietnamese 10 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%

Households

6,878

Family households

5,350

77.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,038

38.1% of families

Single-mother families

308

5.8% of families

Veterans

603

4.4% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,099 51.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,070 5.5%
• Catholic 219 1.1%

Health insured

88.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

12.0%

±1.7 pp

5th of 29

With a disability

15.2%

±1.2 pp

9th of 29

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±1.8 pp

−19.2 pp vs UT · 26th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.5%

90% interval 11.2%–13.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial District Court

Judges

3 (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

Duchesne, Manila, Vernal

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.31 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1