Jury Pool Profile

Garfield County, Colorado

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 62,034
Median household income: $86,172
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,951 72.5%
Black or African American alone 355 0.6%
Asian alone 550 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 284 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 81 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,653 10.7%
Two or more races 9,160 14.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,867 32.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.2

Under 18 15,464 24.9%
18–24 5,102 8.2%
25–44 17,287 27.9%
45–64 15,354 24.8%
65 and over 8,827 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.0B; 0.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $64,549
Establishments: 3,052

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,839 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,591 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 3,866 13.9%
Construction 3,827 13.8%
Professional & business services 2,829 10.2%
Public administration 1,903 6.9%
Financial activities 1,235 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,130 4.1%
Other services 868 3.1%
Manufacturing 379 1.4%
Information 297 1.1%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $1,515
Owner-occupied: 16,084
Renter-occupied: 6,987

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 30,372 votes cast

Democratic 15,128 49.8%
Republican 14,493 47.7%
Other / third-party 751 2.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

73.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 14,277 24.6%
Other Indo-European 304 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 170 0.3%
Other 161 0.3%
German 143 0.2%
Slavic languages 81 0.1%
Chinese 74 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 19 0.0%
Vietnamese 16 0.0%
Korean 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,071
Family households: 15,712; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 12,390
Single-mother households: 1,134
Veterans: 2,663; 5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,891 17.7%
Evangelical Protestant 7,349 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,872 6.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,237 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.1%
With a disability: 9.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Aspen, Glenwood Springs, Meeker

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 10.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023