Jury Pool Profile
Las Animas County, Colorado
Republican +14 (2024)
- Population
- 14,392
- Median household income
- $50,408
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 10,286 71.5%
- Black or African American alone 248 1.7%
- Asian alone 197 1.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 722 5.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
- Some other race alone 401 2.8%
- Two or more races 2,533 17.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,614 39.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 46.5
- Under 18 2,628 18.3%
- 18–24 1,113 7.7%
- 25–44 3,292 22.9%
- 45–64 3,676 25.5%
- 65 and over 3,683 25.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.2%
- +2.24 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $652.6M
- 0.12% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,773
- Establishments
- 586
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,337 28.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,008 21.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 667 14.0%
- Public administration 617 12.9%
- Other services 280 5.9%
- Natural resources & mining 260 5.4%
- Financial activities 211 4.4%
- Construction 190 4.0%
- Professional & business services 137 2.9%
- Manufacturing 46 1.0%
- Information 23 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 70.1%
- Median gross rent
- $875
- Owner-occupied
- 4,698
- Renter-occupied
- 2,003
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 7,792 votes cast
- Republican 4,328 55.5%
- Democratic 3,276 42.0%
- Other / third-party 188 2.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
88.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,331 9.7%
- Other Asian/Pacific 66 0.5%
- Other Indo-European 58 0.4%
- Tagalog 50 0.4%
- German 35 0.3%
- Chinese 10 0.1%
- Slavic languages 5 0.0%
- Arabic 5 0.0%
- Korean 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 6,701
- Family households
- 3,873
- 57.8% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,809
- Single-mother households
- 339
- Veterans
- 1,160
- 9.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
26.4% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 2,574 17.7%
- Evangelical Protestant 870 6.0%
- Mainline Protestant 249 1.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 152 1.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.5%
- With a disability
- 22.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 3rd 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
- Trinidad, Walsenburg
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Colorado statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 17 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023