Jury Pool Profile

La Plata County, Colorado

Democratic +19 (2024)

Population: 56,088
Median household income: $85,296
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 46,757 83.4%
Black or African American alone 106 0.2%
Asian alone 449 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,243 5.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,416 2.5%
Two or more races 4,086 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,149 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 10,054 17.9%
18–24 5,181 9.2%
25–44 14,564 26.0%
45–64 15,097 26.9%
65 and over 11,192 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.3B; 0.76% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,965
Establishments: 3,080

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,747 21.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,078 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 4,846 18.0%
Public administration 2,889 10.7%
Professional & business services 2,615 9.7%
Construction 2,047 7.6%
Financial activities 1,195 4.4%
Other services 832 3.1%
Manufacturing 791 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 478 1.8%
Information 458 1.7%
Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.0%
Median gross rent: $1,409
Owner-occupied: 16,462
Renter-occupied: 6,738

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 35,681 votes cast

Democratic 20,677 57.9%
Republican 14,024 39.3%
Other / third-party 980 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,879 5.4%
Other 761 1.4%
German 356 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 213 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 108 0.2%
Chinese 88 0.2%
Other Indo-European 85 0.2%
Vietnamese 47 0.1%
Tagalog 36 0.1%
Slavic languages 32 0.1%
Korean 5 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,200
Family households: 14,284; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 11,881
Single-mother households: 918
Veterans: 3,250; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,677 10.2%
Evangelical Protestant 5,034 9.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,347 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,148 3.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 10.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 47.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Durango, Pagosa Springs, Silverton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 26.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023