Jury Pool Profile

Larimer County, Colorado

Democratic +17.6 (2024)

County seat: Fort Collins
Judicial district: 8th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 377,292; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 367,368.

At a glance

Larimer County is a 377,292-person venue. The county population is 82% White (Census race-alone categories). 13% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $93,518, $3,353 below the CO state median of $96,871; 53.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.7% of covered employment, average pay $68,664/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, below the 3.87% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 48% to 57% of the vote across the three.

Population: 367,368
Median household income: $93,765
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 82% / 1%.

Larimer County has a population of 367,368, with a median age of 36.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.4%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 12.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $93,518; 53.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 291,045 79.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 47,521 12.9%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,616 1.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 8,054 2.2%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 13,897 3.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 795 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 345 0.1%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,095 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.8

Under 18 67,339 18.3%
18–24 52,242 14.2%
25–44 101,888 27.7%
45–64 82,135 22.4%
65 and over 63,764 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $93,518; 90% interval $89,440–$97,596; −$3,353 vs CO · 18th of 64
Below poverty line: 10.5%; 90% interval 9.4%–11.6%; +0.9 pp vs CO · 38th of 64

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 27% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.67%, below the Colorado state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; −0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $28.5B; 5.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $75,913
Establishments: 15,344

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 45,814 26.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 29,874 17.4%
Leisure & hospitality 22,787 13.3%
Professional & business services 22,040 12.9%
Manufacturing 14,444 8.4%
Construction 10,891 6.4%
Public administration 9,411 5.5%
Financial activities 6,702 3.9%
Other services 5,559 3.2%
Information 2,390 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,325 0.8%
Unclassified 43 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 64.0%; −2.2 pp vs CO · 57th of 64
Median gross rent: $1,716; −$45 vs CO · 15th of 64
Owner-occupied: 98,737
Renter-occupied: 55,495

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $137,632/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,668/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

4 of the top 5 employers on this list (5 of the listed 10) are in education & health services, accounting for 28,100 employees on this list. This concentrates 'big institutional employer' juror experience in one sector; confirm employer ties before any framing that touches it.

#	Employer	Sector	Employees
1	UCHealth	Healthcare	11,000*
2	Colorado State University	Education (public higher ed)	8,850
3	Poudre School District R-1	Education (public K-12)	4,374
4	City of Fort Collins	Government (municipal)	2,550
5	Thompson School District R2-J	Education (public K-12)	2,226
6	Larimer County	Government (county)	2,019
7	Columbine Health Systems	Healthcare	1,650*
8	Broadcom Inc.	Manufacturing (semiconductors)	1,500*
9	Woodward, Inc.	Manufacturing (aerospace/industrial controls)	1,400
10	Hewlett Packard	Technology	1,300

* Headcount is an estimate.

Source: Larimer County, Colorado, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2025, 'Principal Employers' schedule, with the employer list from Larimer County Economic & Workforce Development. The schedule states no counting method. Ranks are ours, sorted by count, because the printed rank column was carried over from 2024. (2025)

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Larimer County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.4% in 2024, 56.2% in 2020, 47.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 225,482 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Democratic 129,376 57.4%
Republican 89,680 39.8%
Other / third-party 6,426 2.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (18,184 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 19,442 5.5%
Chinese 1,766 0.5%
German or other West Germanic 1,344 0.4%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 879 0.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 853 0.2%
Korean 386 0.1%
Arabic 307 0.1%
Vietnamese 281 0.1%
Tagalog 265 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 154,232
Family households: 92,390; 59.9% of households
Married couples w/ children: 27,168; 29.4% of families
Single-mother families: 5,491; 5.9% of families
Veterans: 18,184; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

34.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 56,082 15.6%
Catholic 35,525 9.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,594 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 11,994 3.3%
Black Protestant 1,500 0.4%
Orthodox 355 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%; ±0.5 pp
Uninsured: 5.6%; ±0.5 pp; 52nd of 64
With a disability: 10.7%; ±0.5 pp; 45th of 64
Bachelor's or higher: 53.0%; ±1.2 pp; +7.3 pp vs CO · 12th of 64
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 7.0%; 90% interval 6.4%–7.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 10 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 coloradojudicial.gov; reflects Jan 7, 2025 23rd JD reorganization)
Court seats: Fort Collins, Walden

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Larimer totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities: 35; 11.67 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 29

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	42.6%	47.5%
2020	40.8%	56.2%
2024	39.8%	57.4%