Jury Pool Profile

Sweetwater County, Wyoming

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 41,786
Median household income: $76,464
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 34,434 82.4%
Black or African American alone 498 1.2%
Asian alone 287 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 320 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,377 5.7%
Two or more races 3,869 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,924 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 10,563 25.3%
18–24 3,548 8.5%
25–44 11,626 27.8%
45–64 10,147 24.3%
65 and over 5,902 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.0B; 7.79% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,269
Establishments: 1,732

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,402 21.3%
Education & health services 4,100 19.8%
Natural resources & mining 3,352 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,323 11.2%
Construction 1,442 7.0%
Manufacturing 1,414 6.8%
Public administration 1,290 6.2%
Professional & business services 1,142 5.5%
Financial activities 582 2.8%
Other services 418 2.0%
Information 176 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $913
Owner-occupied: 12,476
Renter-occupied: 4,387

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,569 votes cast

Republican 12,541 75.7%
Democratic 3,731 22.5%
Other / third-party 297 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,931 7.4%
Vietnamese 162 0.4%
Other Indo-European 92 0.2%
German 69 0.2%
Tagalog 64 0.2%
Other 49 0.1%
Slavic languages 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,863
Family households: 10,854; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,428
Single-mother households: 936
Veterans: 2,854; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 8,900 21.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,485 15.3%
Evangelical Protestant 2,828 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 789 1.9%
Orthodox 60 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.1%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + probate jurisdiction); vintage 2026 courts.state.wy.us; cross-checked against Wyo. Stat. § 5-3-104. Circuit Court judges (limited jurisdiction — misdemeanors, civil up to $50K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Municipal Court judges (city-level) also separate.)
Court seats: Evanston, Green River, Kemmerer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wyoming statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 64.06 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023