Jury Pool Profile

Delta County, Colorado

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 31,353
Median household income: $58,330
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,196 86.7%
Black or African American alone 252 0.8%
Asian alone 191 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 225 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 703 2.2%
Two or more races 2,786 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,460 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

Under 18 6,051 19.3%
18–24 2,145 6.8%
25–44 6,330 20.2%
45–64 8,126 25.9%
65 and over 8,701 27.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,843
Establishments: 1,041

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,616 29.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,554 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 850 9.4%
Public administration 844 9.4%
Manufacturing 720 8.0%
Construction 604 6.7%
Professional & business services 568 6.3%
Financial activities 439 4.9%
Natural resources & mining 432 4.8%
Other services 274 3.0%
Information 95 1.1%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $1,080
Owner-occupied: 9,663
Renter-occupied: 2,985

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,476 votes cast

Republican 12,948 66.5%
Democratic 6,030 31.0%
Other / third-party 498 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,053 6.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 266 0.9%
Other 142 0.5%
Chinese 100 0.3%
German 84 0.3%
Other Indo-European 28 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Vietnamese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,648
Family households: 7,827; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,092
Single-mother households: 559
Veterans: 2,516; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,169 10.2%
Catholic 2,758 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,009 6.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,126 3.6%
Orthodox 130 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Delta, Gunnison, Lake City, Montrose, Ouray, Telluride

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 23.71 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023