Jury Pool Profile
Grand County, Utah
- County seat
- Moab
- Judicial district
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,790
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,754.
At a glance
Grand County is a 9,790-person venue. The county population is 84% 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 77.6%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $73,626, $22,772 below the UT state median of $96,398; 37.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other and unspecified languages (2.3%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 41.8% of covered employment, average pay $36,151/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the 3.7% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 9,754
- Median household income
- $67,106
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 0%.
Grand County has a population of 9,754, with a median age of 40.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 83.8%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 13.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $73,626; 37.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Leisure & hospitality, about 42% of covered jobs.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 41.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the Utah state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Grand County was carried by the Democratic candidate with 53.4% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 54.1% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 43.4% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 56% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (442 individuals).