Jury Pool Profile
Bent County, Colorado
- County seat
- Las Animas
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,716
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,549.
At a glance
Bent County is a 5,716-person venue. The county population is 67% White (Census race-alone categories). 32% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 53.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $46,898, $49,973 below the CO state median of $96,871; 15.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.9% 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 33.4% of covered employment, average pay $40,440/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.47%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 68% of the vote across the three. At least 24% of residents here live in group quarters rather than households, barracks, dormitories, correctional facilities or nursing homes; the ACS survey and the 2020 census disagree on how many, and this is the lower of the two, so the figures above describe a population substantially larger than the one a summons reaches.
- Population
- 5,549
- Median household income
- $50,179
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 67% / 3%.
Bent County has a population of 5,549, with a median age of 40.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 67.3%; Black residents 3.2%. Independently, 32.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $46,898; 15.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 28.9% 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 33% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 33.4% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 12.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.47%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bent County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.3% in 2024, 66.1% in 2020, 61.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
8.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (326 individuals).