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Jury Pool Profile

Weber County, Utah

Republican +23.5 (2024)
County seat
Ogden
Judicial district
2nd Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
278,174
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 269,648.

At a glance

Weber County is a 278,174-person venue. The county population is 83% White (Census race-alone categories). 19% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 74.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $88,111, $8,287 below the UT state median of $96,398; 28.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 14.7% 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 21.1% of covered employment, average pay $57,238/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.76%, above the 3.7% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 47% to 60% of the vote across the three.

Population
269,648
Median household income
$90,005
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 83% / 1%.

Weber County has a population of 269,648, with a median age of 33.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.8%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 19.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $88,111; 28.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 199,456 74.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 51,905 19.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,938 1.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 4,093 1.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,241 3.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 854 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 505 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 656 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 33.7

  • Under 18 71,749 26.6%
  • 18–24 26,221 9.7%
  • 25–44 79,783 29.6%
  • 45–64 58,426 21.7%
  • 65 and over 33,469 12.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$88,111
90% interval $83,161–$93,061
−$8,287 vs UT · 10th of 29
Below poverty line
8.9%
90% interval 7.5%–10.3%
+0.5 pp vs UT · 18th of 29

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 21% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 21.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 16.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.76%, above the Utah state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
+0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP
$18.1B
6.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,118
Establishments
7,484

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 26,029 21.1%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 20,493 16.6%
  • Manufacturing 19,564 15.9%
  • Professional & business services 12,470 10.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 12,329 10.0%
  • Public administration 12,136 9.8%
  • Financial activities 6,197 5.0%
  • Other services 3,032 2.5%
  • Construction 159 0.1%
  • Information 152 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.1%
+3.9 pp vs UT · 20th of 29
Median gross rent
$1,379
−$117 vs UT · 8th of 29
Owner-occupied
69,712
Renter-occupied
24,413

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • 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 (Manufacturing, $83,996/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,629/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 16 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 Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Weber County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.3% in 2024, 59.2% in 2020, 47.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 112,017 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201647.2%27.2%
202059.2%36.5%
202460.3%36.8%
  • Republican 67,549 60.3%
  • Democratic 41,238 36.8%
  • Other / third-party 3,230 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 14.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

14.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.5% of the adult civilian population (12,779 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

85.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 30,513 12.1%
  • Chinese 886 0.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 788 0.3%
  • Tagalog 435 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 412 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 355 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 296 0.1%
  • Korean 237 0.1%
  • Arabic 198 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
94,125
Family households
67,581
71.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
23,791
35.2% of families
Single-mother families
4,871
7.2% of families
Veterans
12,779
6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

64.4% overall adherence rate

  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 133,197 50.8%
  • Catholic 21,000 8.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 11,713 4.5%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,478 0.6%
  • Black Protestant 1,182 0.5%
  • Orthodox 325 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.2%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
8.8%
±0.6 pp
14th of 29
With a disability
12.1%
±0.5 pp
20th of 29
Bachelor's or higher
28.5%
±0.9 pp
−9.2 pp vs UT · 12th of 29
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.5%
90% interval 9.6%–11.4% · 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
2nd Judicial District Court
Judges
17 (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
Farmington, Morgan, Ogden

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Weber totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
27
13.64 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
26

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Weber 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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