Jury Pool Profile
San Juan County, Utah
- County seat
- Monticello
- Judicial district
- 7th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 14,542
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,483.
At a glance
San Juan County is a 14,542-person venue. The county population is 46% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $63,019, $33,379 below the UT state median of $96,398; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 34.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other and unspecified languages the Census does not break out (30.1%), then Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 39.9% of covered employment, average pay $58,348/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.64%, above the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 49% to 57% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 14,483
- Median household income
- $64,481
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 46%; Black: 0%.
San Juan County has a population of 14,483, with a median age of 35.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 46.3%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 5.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $63,019; 20.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 19.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 40% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 39.9% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 17.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.64%, above the Utah state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 52%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
San Juan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.1% in 2024, 51.4% in 2020, 48.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 75% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 34.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
34.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (30.1%); the most common named are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.3% of the adult civilian population (551 individuals).