Jury Pool Profile
Lake County, Colorado
- County seat
- Leadville
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,552
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,380.
At a glance
Lake County is a 7,552-person venue. The county population is 64% White (Census race-alone categories). 33% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 58.3%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $76,314, $20,557 below the CO state median of $96,871; 49.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 19.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 18.2% of covered employment, average pay $32,454/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.57%, below the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 50% to 58% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,380
- Median household income
- $96,575
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 64% / 0%.
Lake County has a population of 7,380, with a median age of 37.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 64.2%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 32.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $76,314; 49.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Leisure & hospitality about 540, Education & health services about 510.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest published sector at 18.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.57%, below the Colorado state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 55%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Lake County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 56.2% in 2024, 58.1% in 2020, 50.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 55% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 19.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
19.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Korean. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (421 individuals).