Jury Pool Profile
Emery County, Utah
Republican +75 (2024)
- Population
- 9,968
- Median household income
- $69,956
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 9,384 94.1%
- Black or African American alone 4 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 76 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 54 0.5%
- Some other race alone 92 0.9%
- Two or more races 358 3.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 730 7.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 39.1
- Under 18 2,833 28.4%
- 18–24 762 7.6%
- 25–44 2,272 22.8%
- 45–64 2,310 23.2%
- 65 and over 1,791 18.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.5%
- +0.86 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.5B
- 0.49% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $57,193
- Establishments
- 273
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 977 26.6%
- Education & health services 720 19.6%
- Construction 554 15.1%
- Natural resources & mining 471 12.8%
- Public administration 264 7.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 250 6.8%
- Professional & business services 136 3.7%
- Other services 113 3.1%
- Manufacturing 16 0.4%
- Information 8 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.6%
- Median gross rent
- $696
- Owner-occupied
- 2,727
- Renter-occupied
- 701
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,011 votes cast
- Republican 4,341 86.6%
- Democratic 603 12.0%
- Other / third-party 67 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
93.7% speak only English at home
- Spanish 446 4.8%
- Chinese 50 0.5%
- German 25 0.3%
- Other 21 0.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 13 0.1%
- Korean 13 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,428
- Family households
- 2,512
- 73.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,132
- Single-mother households
- 125
- Veterans
- 477
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
61.5% overall adherence rate
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,526 56.2%
- Catholic 300 3.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 213 2.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.8%
- With a disability
- 17.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 7th 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
- Castle Dale, Moab, Monticello, Price
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Utah statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 42.05 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023