Jury Pool Profile

Denver County, Colorado

Democratic +56 (2024)

Population: 713,734
Median household income: $91,681
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 448,646 62.9%
Black or African American alone 62,785 8.8%
Asian alone 25,845 3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6,403 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1,048 0.1%
Some other race alone 58,346 8.2%
Two or more races 110,661 15.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 199,425 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.2

Under 18 130,820 18.3%
18–24 56,807 8.0%
25–44 287,133 40.2%
45–64 151,314 21.2%
65 and over 87,660 12.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $128.5B; 23.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $101,834
Establishments: 43,024

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 129,750 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 105,904 18.7%
Education & health services 99,959 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 64,713 11.4%
Financial activities 46,733 8.3%
Public administration 32,331 5.7%
Construction 22,996 4.1%
Manufacturing 18,816 3.3%
Other services 18,794 3.3%
Information 18,398 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 6,685 1.2%
Unclassified 103 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 49.1%
Median gross rent: $1,770
Owner-occupied: 161,908
Renter-occupied: 167,670

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	Denver Public Schools (School District No. 1)	Education (public K-12)	14,000*
2	City and County of Denver	Government (municipal/county)	10,000*
3	United Airlines	Aviation	6,930
4	Denver Health & Hospital Authority	Healthcare	6,400*
5	Southwest Airlines	Aviation	4,380
6	University of Denver	Education (higher ed)	3,760
7	Frontier Airlines	Aviation	3,020
8	HealthONE: Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center & Rose Medical Center	Healthcare	2,870
9	Saint Joseph Hospital (Intermountain/SCL Health)	Healthcare	2,580
10	Kaiser Permanente	Healthcare	2,460
11	Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield	Insurance / Financial Services	2,070
12	Xcel Energy	Utilities / Energy	1,850
13	DaVita Inc.	Healthcare (kidney dialysis)	1,690

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) — "Largest Employers by County" (Denver County, Private Non-Retail), data prepared by Development Research Partners. Supplemented for public-sector anchors the EDC private list excludes (Denver Public Schools, City and County of Denver, Denver Health) with individually sourced figures. (2021)

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 363,076 votes cast

Democratic 278,634 76.7%
Republican 74,765 20.6%
Other / third-party 9,677 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

76.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 111,290 16.5%
Other 10,051 1.5%
Other Indo-European 7,542 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,889 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,870 0.7%
Vietnamese 4,518 0.7%
Slavic languages 4,424 0.7%
Chinese 3,484 0.5%
German 3,054 0.5%
Arabic 2,708 0.4%
Korean 1,067 0.2%
Tagalog 1,020 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 329,578
Family households: 150,345; 45.6% of households
Married w/ children: 109,373
Single-mother households: 15,499
Veterans: 27,102; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 177,475 24.8%
Evangelical Protestant 43,659 6.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 40,741 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 26,844 3.8%
Black Protestant 13,562 1.9%
Orthodox 3,910 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 10.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 55.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial District Court
Judges: 37 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Denver

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 76; 13.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 71

NHTSA FARS 2023