Jury Pool Profile

Garfield County, Utah

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 5,170
Median household income: $61,688
Unemployment: 8.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,896 94.7%
Black or African American alone 7 0.1%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 2.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.5%
Some other race alone 48 0.9%
Two or more races 87 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 361 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 1,121 21.7%
18–24 351 6.8%
25–44 1,353 26.2%
45–64 1,172 22.7%
65 and over 1,173 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.8%; +5.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $417.2M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,748
Establishments: 292

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,177 46.8%
Education & health services 454 18.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 340 13.5%
Public administration 221 8.8%
Construction 106 4.2%
Professional & business services 56 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 44 1.7%
Manufacturing 30 1.2%
Financial activities 27 1.1%
Information 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $781
Owner-occupied: 1,490
Renter-occupied: 537

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,811 votes cast

Republican 2,211 78.7%
Democratic 541 19.2%
Other / third-party 59 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 178 3.6%
Other Indo-European 116 2.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.2%
German 8 0.2%
Other 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,027
Family households: 1,421; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,214
Single-mother households: 27
Veterans: 191; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

97.3% overall adherence rate

Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,605 90.6%
Catholic 306 6.0%
Evangelical Protestant 36 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.7%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Junction, Kanab, Loa, Manti, Panguitch, Richfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Utah statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 24.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023