Jury Pool Profile
Baca County, Colorado
Republican +70 (2024)
- Population
- 3,460
- Median household income
- $40,380
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,112 89.9%
- Black or African American alone 11 0.3%
- Asian alone 87 2.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 23 0.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 90 2.6%
- Two or more races 137 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 370 10.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43
- Under 18 772 22.3%
- 18–24 196 5.7%
- 25–44 817 23.6%
- 45–64 809 23.4%
- 65 and over 866 25.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.2%
- -0.72 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $143.1M
- 0.03% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $40,474
- Establishments
- 123
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 505 43.1%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 239 20.4%
- Public administration 158 13.5%
- Natural resources & mining 92 7.9%
- Construction 59 5.0%
- Leisure & hospitality 42 3.6%
- Financial activities 40 3.4%
- Professional & business services 19 1.6%
- Other services 3 0.3%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 71.9%
- Median gross rent
- $490
- Owner-occupied
- 1,145
- Renter-occupied
- 448
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,004 votes cast
- Republican 1,686 84.1%
- Democratic 275 13.7%
- Other / third-party 43 2.1%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 64 2.0%
- Vietnamese 33 1.0%
- Tagalog 12 0.4%
- Slavic languages 11 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.2%
- Arabic 4 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,593
- Family households
- 826
- 51.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 644
- Single-mother households
- 113
- Veterans
- 181
- 6.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
25.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 527 15.0%
- Mainline Protestant 239 6.8%
- Catholic 119 3.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.3%
- With a disability
- 16.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
- Court seats
- Cheyenne Wells, Eads, Lamar, Springfield
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 37.2 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023