Iron County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 51,697 83.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,534 10.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 435 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 767 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,728 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 738 1.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 174 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 179 0.3%

• Under 18 16,889 27.1%
• 18–24 9,729 15.6%
• 25–44 15,416 24.8%
• 45–64 11,623 18.7%
• 65 and over 8,595 13.8%

Median household income

$73,868

90% interval $67,212–$80,524

−$22,530 vs UT · 19th of 29

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 10.4%–14.8%

+4.2 pp vs UT · 4th of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.2B

1.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,908

Establishments

2,271

• Education & health services 6,567 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,933 15.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,381 13.1%
• Construction 3,288 12.7%
• Manufacturing 2,667 10.3%
• Professional & business services 1,913 7.4%
• Public administration 1,502 5.8%
• Financial activities 1,232 4.8%
• Other services 622 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 619 2.4%
• Information 166 0.6%

Home ownership

68.3%

−1.9 pp vs UT · 25th of 29

Median gross rent

$1,065

−$431 vs UT · 14th of 29

Owner-occupied

13,763

Renter-occupied

6,394

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $74,093/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,906/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 21,571 77.4%
• Democratic 5,683 20.4%
• Other / third-party 622 2.2%

• Spanish 3,687 6.3%
• Chinese 167 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 123 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 98 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 87 0.1%
• Tagalog 67 0.1%

Households

20,157

Family households

14,029

69.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,660

33.2% of families

Single-mother families

928

6.6% of families

Veterans

2,591

5.7% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 25,924 45.3%
• Catholic 3,500 6.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,408 2.5%
• Mainline Protestant 190 0.3%

Health insured

89.7%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±1.5 pp

10th of 29

With a disability

13.2%

±1.1 pp

15th of 29

Bachelor's or higher

31.6%

±2 pp

−6.1 pp vs UT · 10th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.4%

90% interval 10.2%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

7 (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

Beaver, Parowan, St. George

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

11.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5