Garfield County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,680 89.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 381 7.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 107 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 27 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,123 21.5%
• 18–24 283 5.4%
• 25–44 1,513 29.0%
• 45–64 1,130 21.7%
• 65 and over 1,170 22.4%

Median household income

$72,381

90% interval $64,168–$80,594

−$24,017 vs UT · 22nd of 29

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.2%–12.4%

+1.4 pp vs UT · 12th of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.5%

+4.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$417.2M

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$72,380

Establishments

284

• Leisure & hospitality 1,204 46.4%
• Education & health services 474 18.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 319 12.3%
• Public administration 211 8.1%
• Construction 27 1.0%
• Information 2 0.1%
• Professional & business services 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 86.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.3%

+0.1 pp vs UT · 23rd of 29

Median gross rent

$817

−$679 vs UT · 27th of 29

Owner-occupied

1,436

Renter-occupied

606

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.9× the lowest ($65,506 vs $35,188/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 123 2.5%
• German or other West Germanic 9 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

2,042

Family households

1,469

71.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

458

31.2% of families

Single-mother families

39

2.7% of families

Veterans

138

3.4% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

87.8%

±3.6 pp

Uninsured

12.2%

±3.6 pp

4th of 29

With a disability

12.9%

±2.8 pp

17th of 29

Bachelor's or higher

28.3%

±6 pp

−9.4 pp vs UT · 13th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 8.9%–11.5% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0