Jury Pool Profile
Crowley County, Colorado
- County seat
- Ordway
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 5,677
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 5,647.
At a glance
Crowley County is a 5,677-person venue. The county population is 64% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). 29% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 55.7%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $44,379, $52,492 below the CO state median of $96,871; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 10.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Public administration, at 36.1% of covered employment, average pay $66,986/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.96%, above the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 73% of the vote across the three. At least 31% 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
- 5,647
- Median household income
- $48,826
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 7%.
Crowley County has a population of 5,647, with a median age of 40.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 63.9%; Black residents 6.6%. Independently, 29.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $44,379; 12.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 39.0% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Public administration, about 36% of covered jobs.
Public administration is the largest published sector at 36.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 14.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.96%, above the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Crowley County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 72.2% in 2024, 72.6% in 2020, 70.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 10.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
10.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Vietnamese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.3% of the adult civilian population (358 individuals).