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Jury Pool Profile

Salt Lake County, Utah

Democratic +10 (2024)
Population
1,184,689
Median household income
$94,658
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 862,251 72.8%
  • Black or African American alone 21,338 1.8%
  • Asian alone 48,973 4.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11,539 1.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 18,533 1.6%
  • Some other race alone 107,624 9.1%
  • Two or more races 114,431 9.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 236,654 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.8

  • Under 18 306,344 25.9%
  • 18–24 115,851 9.8%
  • 25–44 369,299 31.2%
  • 45–64 256,058 21.6%
  • 65 and over 137,137 11.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
-0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP
$153.8B
51.37% of state
Avg. annual pay
$77,495
Establishments
67,066

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 165,982 20.8%
  • Education & health services 158,596 19.9%
  • Professional & business services 140,992 17.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 70,436 8.8%
  • Financial activities 64,760 8.1%
  • Manufacturing 60,293 7.6%
  • Construction 55,073 6.9%
  • Public administration 33,719 4.2%
  • Information 22,365 2.8%
  • Other services 19,896 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 4,048 0.5%
  • Unclassified 48 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
67.0%
Median gross rent
$1,493
Owner-occupied
279,101
Renter-occupied
137,488

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 509,492 votes cast

  • Democratic 273,658 53.7%
  • Republican 221,555 43.5%
  • Other / third-party 14,279 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 150,431 13.6%
  • Other Indo-European 19,040 1.7%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 18,926 1.7%
  • Chinese 8,741 0.8%
  • Other 8,124 0.7%
  • Slavic languages 6,523 0.6%
  • Vietnamese 5,777 0.5%
  • Arabic 3,926 0.4%
  • German 3,899 0.4%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 3,547 0.3%
  • Tagalog 3,153 0.3%
  • Korean 2,246 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
416,589
Family households
279,341
67.1% of households
Married w/ children
216,084
Single-mother households
21,085
Veterans
34,838
4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.4% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 646,457 54.5%
  • Catholic 107,364 9.1%
  • Evangelical Protestant 29,544 2.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 8,997 0.8%
  • Orthodox 4,463 0.4%
  • Black Protestant 1,762 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
90.4%
With a disability
10.2%
Bachelor's or higher
38.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
3rd Judicial District Court
Judges
33 (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
Coalville, Salt Lake City, Tooele

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Utah statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
68
7.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
61

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Salt Lake County, Utah to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.