Jury Pool Profile

Elbert County, Colorado

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 27,152
Median household income: $129,477
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,278 85.7%
Black or African American alone 144 0.5%
Asian alone 238 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 102 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 90 0.3%
Some other race alone 378 1.4%
Two or more races 2,922 10.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,337 8.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 5,728 21.1%
18–24 1,812 6.7%
25–44 6,094 22.4%
45–64 8,598 31.7%
65 and over 4,920 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,082
Establishments: 900

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 1,020 20.9%
Education & health services 889 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 848 17.3%
Professional & business services 629 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 471 9.6%
Public administration 392 8.0%
Financial activities 161 3.3%
Other services 144 2.9%
Manufacturing 131 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 114 2.3%
Information 90 1.8%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 94.4%
Median gross rent: $1,436
Owner-occupied: 9,119
Renter-occupied: 538

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,417 votes cast

Republican 15,209 74.5%
Democratic 4,768 23.4%
Other / third-party 440 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 918 3.5%
Slavic languages 171 0.7%
Other Indo-European 33 0.1%
German 29 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
Other 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,657
Family households: 7,924; 82.1% of households
Married w/ children: 6,943
Single-mother households: 231
Veterans: 2,295; 10.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,853 10.9%
Evangelical Protestant 1,409 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,173 4.5%
Black Protestant 750 2.9%
Mainline Protestant 464 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 8.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 13 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Castle Rock, Hugo, Kiowa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 18.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023