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Tooele County, Utah

Republican +41.0 (2024)
County seat
Tooele
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
87,461
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 79,347.

At a glance

Tooele County is an 87,461-person venue. The county population is 84% White (Census race-alone categories). 15% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 77.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $111,901, $15,503 above the UT state median of $96,398; 22.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 13.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 23.9% of covered employment, average pay $51,895/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.88%, above the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 51% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
79,347
Median household income
$106,587
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 1%.

Tooele County has a population of 79,347, with a median age of 32.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.2%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 15.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $111,901; 22.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 6.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 61,750 77.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11,935 15.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 759 1.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 541 0.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,746 3.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 296 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 719 0.9%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 601 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 32.2

  • Under 18 24,582 31.0%
  • 18–24 7,503 9.5%
  • 25–44 23,267 29.3%
  • 45–64 16,719 21.1%
  • 65 and over 7,276 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$111,901
90% interval $108,515–$115,287
+$15,503 vs UT · 4th of 29
Below poverty line
6.2%
90% interval 4.8%–7.6%
−2.2 pp vs UT · 26th of 29

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, 4,902 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, 4,733, is within 20% of it.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 23.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 23.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.88%, above the Utah state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
+0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.2B
1.09% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,701
Establishments
1,578

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 4,902 23.9%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 4,733 23.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,221 10.8%
  • Professional & business services 2,135 10.4%
  • Public administration 2,130 10.4%
  • Manufacturing 1,481 7.2%
  • Construction 1,390 6.8%
  • Other services 692 3.4%
  • Financial activities 423 2.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 246 1.2%
  • Information 168 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
81.8%
+11.6 pp vs UT · 7th of 29
Median gross rent
$1,189
−$307 vs UT · 10th of 29
Owner-occupied
19,562
Renter-occupied
4,363

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $82,932/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,002/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Tooele County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.1% in 2024, 66.7% in 2020, 51.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 33,988 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201651.3%21.2%
202066.7%28.4%
202469.1%28.1%
  • Republican 23,484 69.1%
  • Democratic 9,560 28.1%
  • Other / third-party 944 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 81% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 13.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

13.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (3,349 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

86.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 7,175 9.7%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 295 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 272 0.4%
  • Chinese 252 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 177 0.2%
  • Korean 87 0.1%
  • Tagalog 50 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 46 0.1%
  • Arabic 41 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
23,925
Family households
19,292
80.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
8,113
42.1% of families
Single-mother families
1,713
8.9% of families
Veterans
3,349
6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

71.1% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,996 61.9%
  • Catholic 5,550 7.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,109 1.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 21 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.9%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
6.1%
±0.9 pp
25th of 29
With a disability
11.2%
±0.9 pp
21st of 29
Bachelor's or higher
22.9%
±1.9 pp
−14.8 pp vs UT · 20th of 29
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.5%
90% interval 7.6%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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 counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Tooele totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 10 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
10
18.26 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Tooele 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 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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