Jury Pool Profile
Alamosa County, Colorado
- County seat
- Alamosa
- Judicial district
- 12th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 16,688
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,581.
At a glance
Alamosa County is a 16,688-person venue. The county population is 58% White (Census race-alone categories). 48% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 45.2%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $54,737, $42,134 below the CO state median of $96,871; 32.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 21.2% 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 35.3% of covered employment, average pay $55,471/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.46%, above the 3.87% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 16,581
- Median household income
- $55,397
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 58% / 2%.
Alamosa County has a population of 16,581, with a median age of 33.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 57.8%; Black residents 1.9%. Independently, 48.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $54,737; 32.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.9% 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 35% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 35.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.46%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Alamosa County was carried by the Republican candidate with 54.0% of the vote in 2024; the Republican candidate with 48.8% of the vote in 2020; the Democratic candidate with 45.9% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 21.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
21.2% 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 3.4% of the adult civilian population (434 individuals).